The contemporary African copper cycle: One year stocks and flows

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-162

  Van Beers, D ^a   Bertram, M ^a   Fuse, K ^a   Spatari, S ^a   Graedel, T E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Copper; Developing country; Material budgets; Material flow analysis; Resource management; Stocks and flows; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; INVENTORY CONTROL; RECYCLING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 0041941443     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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