agglomération

DEF: Procédé de concentration des minerais qui, par des moyens mécaniques, permet de regrouper de fines poussières en des particules plus volumineuses.

CONT: Agglomeration, the formation into tough lumps of material that cannot be smelted as fine particles, may be carried out by fusing the material at high temperature, variously called sintering, pelletizing, and briquetting. A binder such as starch, molasses, or bentonite may be mixed with the fine ore and the mixture heated or subjected to pressure.