Application of sustainable development concepts to an alluvial mineral extraction project in Lower Caroni River, Venezuela

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 415-426

  Sandoval, Maria Claudia ^a   Veiga, Marcello M ^a   Hinton, Jennifer ^a   Sandner, Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Cadre Resources Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Diamonds; Gold; Mercury; Mineral dredging; Sustainable practices

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DIAMONDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD MINES; MERCURY (METAL); MINERS; MINING ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MINERAL DREDGING; SUCTION DREDGES; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 29144531885     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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