beneficiation vs mineral processing

beneficiation and mineral processing both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

beneficiation (noun)	mineral processing (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