Meaning & use
beneficiate
To treat raw ore mechanically or chemically to remove impurities and improve its quality.
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The plant beneficiates low-grade iron ore before it is shipped to steel mills.
Engineers beneficiated the copper ore to raise its concentration before smelting.
A note on using this word
Beneficiate is a specialized mining and metallurgy term, rarely used outside technical or industrial contexts.
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