Quantitative methodology for strategic assessment of the sustainability of bauxite residue management

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-370

  Van Berkel, Rene ^a,b,e   Power, Greg ^b,c   Cooling, David ^a,d  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions   (Australia)

^d ALCOA INC   (United States)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alumina industry; Back casting; Minerals processing; Sustainability assessment; Technology evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; MINERAL INDUSTRY; ORE TREATMENT;

ALUMINA INDUSTRY; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; OUTCOME-BASED ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY; STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES; TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 54149093903     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-008-0155-6     Document Type: Article

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