beneficiation vs mineral extraction

beneficiation and mineral extraction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beneficiation	Yes	No	No	No
mineral extraction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, beneficiation and mineral extraction are synonyms defined as:

beneficiation and mineral extraction: crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques

Other synonyms of beneficiation include mineral dressing, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processing.

beneficiation (noun)	mineral extraction (noun)
crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques	crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques