Definitions for "Slimes"
the finer fraction of tailings discharged from a processing plant after the valuable minerals have been recovered.
The fine fraction of waste material discharged from the mill after valuable minerals have been recovered or the metallic compounds left in the bath during electrolytic refining of metals.
The fine fraction of tailings discharged from a processing plant without being treated. In the case of diamonds, usually that fraction which is less than 1mm in size.
substances of viscous organic nature, usually formed from microbiological growth.