Promoting cleaner production in the Indian small-scale mining industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Ghose, M K ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Environmental; Mineral policy; Safety; Small scale mining

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

SMALL-SCALE MINING;

MINING;

EID: 0037332753     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-6526(02)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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