ALL meanings of hydrometallurgy
hy·dro·met·al·lur·gy
H h - noun hydrometallurgy the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents. 1
- noun hydrometallurgy a technique for the recovery of a metal from an aqueous medium in which the metal or the gangue is preferentially dissolved 0
- noun hydrometallurgy the recovery of metals from ores by a liquid process, as by leaching the ore with an acid 0