Slime, is the term used in milling practice to describe a suspension, in water of the fully divided fraction of pulverized ore; also solid, whether suspended or after setting out to drying, Handbook of Mineral Dressing (at p. 1504); see also National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 6 SCC 281.
Means a material of extremely fine-particle size encountered in ore treatment (ASG Gloss), National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 6 SCC 281.
Means a mudlike substance formed of ore in an almost impalpable powder, mixed with water: usually plural (Standard 1964) National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 6 SCC 281.
Means a product of wet grinding containing valuable ore in particles so fine, as to be carried in suspension by water; chiefly used in the plural (Webster 3d); see also National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 6 SCC 281.
Means in metallurgy, ore reduced to a very fine powder and held in suspension in water so as to form a kind of thin ore mud; generally used in the plural (Fay) see also National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 6 SCC 281.
Means a mixture of metals and some insoluble compounds that forms on the anode in electrolysis (ASM Gloss) See also National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 6 SCC 281.
Means particles of crushed ore which are of such a size that they settle very slowly in water and through a bed which water does not readily percolate. Such particles must be leached by agitation (Chamber's Science and Technology Dictionary) See also National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 6 SCC 281.
Means primary slimes are extremely fine particles derived from ore, associated rock, clay or altered rock. They are usually found in old dumps and in ore deposits which have been exposed to climatic action; they include clay, alumina hydrated iron, near colloidal common earths and weathered feldspars. Secondary slimes are very finely ground minerals from the true ore (Pryor 2) See also National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2004) 6 SCC 281.