Gold Extraction at the Gwynfynydd Mine, North Wales, United Kingdom: A Case Study of Environmentally Sustainable Mineral Processing Within a National Park

Green Processing 2002 - Proceedings: International Conference on the Sustainable Proceesing of Minerals

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 225-232

  Dominy, S C ^a,b   Phelps, R F G ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Welsh Gold Plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GOLD EXTRACTION; TONNAGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINES; QUARTZ; RAIN; SHALE; ZINC;

GOLD;

EID: 2342447352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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