Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

multi-percent

French translation:

de plusieurs pourcents

Added to glossary by Solen Fillatre
Oct 31, 2013 07:58
10 yrs ago
English term

multi-percent

English to French Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems
For a report about mining activities (cobalt, copper, etc.) Is this referring to the grade or does this mean "pourccentage à 2 chiffres" or something else?

The program confirmed the high cobalt potential of Katuto with several intercepts of ***multi-percent*** Co.
(Co = cobalt)
Proposed translations (French)
4 +2 teneur en cobalt de plusieurs pourcents

Proposed translations

+2
25 mins
Selected

teneur en cobalt de plusieurs pourcents

"The Central African Copperbelt is the world’s most important cobalt resource. It runs more than 500 kilometres across north-western Zambia and the south-east part of
the Democratic Republic of Congo and is estimated to contain about six million tonnes of cobalt (Cailteaux, 2004), generally at grades between 0.17 per cent to 0.25 per cent cobalt. The mineralisation processes are not fully understood but the most widely accepted model of ore ..."
Cobalt - British Geological Survey
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=1400

"Rapport RP-53377-FR - InfoTerre - BRGM
http://infoterre.brgm.fr/rapports/RP-53377-FR.pdf‎Translate this page
aux résultats ICP, de +10 % pour Pb (teneur maximale de 3 % Pb), + 30 % pour ...... le fer et le cobalt. ...... Les teneurs déterminées dans les minerais argentifères en deçà de 1 % sont ...... Ba sont supérieures à plusieurs pourcents voir 10 %."
Peer comment(s):

agree Christine Lécluse-Voirin
10 mins
merci!
agree Daryo
10 hrs
thanks!
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