Defining "cleaner production" and "pollution prevention" in the mining context

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-321

  Hilson, G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental; Mining; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

MINING;

EID: 0037393667     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(03)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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