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Spanish to English Mining & Minerals / Gems Translation Glossary

Spanish term English translation
Instalaciones facilities
Instalar guardas en partes móviles install guardrails in front / around moving parts
insumos inputs
interferencias obstacles
Entered by: Débora D'Eramo
Inversión y empleo para vivir mejor investment and employment for a better life/standard of living
jagua black sands /black sand concentrate
Jefe de Perforación y Voladuras Foreman/Chief of Drilling and Blasting
jirón, jirones roads, streets
joyas de ocasión secondhand/previously owned jewel(le)ry
jumbos cachorreros drilling jumbos
juzgado ejecutor collection court
Entered by: Edward Tully
kilataje karatage or caratage (depends on context)
la 25 por 100 en peso 25 WT%/25 weight percent
la columna del material through the entire column filled with the material
la controversia materia de arbitraje the dispute subject to arbitration
la corona del relave the crest of the tailings dam
Entered by: Mario Freitas
la cual debe ser informada which must be notified
La minería mexicana the Mexican mining industry
La red fluvial del río...recorre un vasto sector the waterways associated with the river
laboríos workings
labores excavations
lainas liner / lining
Lanzadora de concreto Gunite Machine
lapidación lapping (from the verb 'to lap')
lastre ROM run-of-mine gangue
Lavados en Lecho Fijo washed in a fixed bed
láminas de arranque Starting sheets
Entered by: Mónica Algazi
Lechada Grout
lentes de pequeña extensión. small lenses
levantamiento altiplanimétrico topographic(al) survey
Levantamiento de la Presa de Relaves raising the height of the tailings dam
Ley Crítica Mina cut-off grade/concentration
ley de cabeza head grade; mining grade
ley de corte cut-off grade
ley del oro y plata gold and silver grade
Entered by: Fabricio Castillo
ley media concentration
ley promedio de alimentación average head grade
lfiscalizacion inspection of mining activities
libra fina pound avoirdupois
libreta de campo field book, field log
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