ton of ore

collocation in English

meaningsoftonandore

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ton
noun[C]
uk
/tʌn/us
/tʌn/
a unit of weight equal to ...
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ore
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɔːr/us
/ɔːr/
rock or soil from which metal can ...
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(Definition oftonandorefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Great revenue can come in to a port from every gallon of oil ortonofore.
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Drilling results indicated a grade of 20.1 g gold pertonofore.
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Ore is low-grade, averaging only 0.024 ounces of gold pertonofore.
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It traditionally referred to a metrictonoforecontaining 1% (i.e. 10 kg) of metal.
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About six tons of coal are needed for eachtonofore.
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During the extraction process, 1.96 tons of rock will be removed from everytonoforeextracted.
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The gold content of the ore is comparatively low, about 0.41 gram of gold for everytonoforeextracted.
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The pit produces 65000 t of material per month, removing eight tons of waste pertonofore.
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Average grade of the silver-lead ore has been 8.18 ounces silver and 8.8% lead pertonofore.
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An analysis conducted in ore deposits indicated that 39.75 grams of gold can be found in a metrictonofore.
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The amount of salt and copper sulfate varied from one-quarter to ten pounds of one or the other, or both, pertonoforetreated.
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The mine is an underground operation that exploits two large (several-meters thick) and high-grade (averaging almost 0.5 ounces of gold pertonofore) gold-bearing quartz veins.
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