rikasteiden
Rikasteiden is the genitive plural form of rikaste, a Finnish term used in mining to denote ore concentrates. In mining terminology, rikasteet are the products obtained after ore enrichment, and rikasteiden is used to express possession or association, for example in phrases like rikasteiden laatu (the quality of the concentrates) or rikasteiden toimitus (the delivery of concentrates).
In practice, ore concentrates are produced by processing ore to separate valuable minerals from gangue material.
Concentrates play a central role in the mining supply chain as an intermediate product between ore processing
Linguistically, rikasteiden functions as the genitive plural form, used when referring to “of the concentrates” or