Exergy cost of mineral resources

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 5, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 532-555

  Rosa, Rui N ^a   Rosa, Diogo R N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b INETI Geociências   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Concentration; Entropy; Exergy; Mineral resources; Ore grade; Recovery ratio

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ENTROPY; EXERGY; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; ORE DEPOSITS;

EXERGY COST; INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE; NATURAL CAPITAL; ORE GRADES; PER UNIT; PROCESSING COSTS; RECOVERY RATIO; TIME TRENDS;

ORES;

EID: 54449084664     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2008.020824     Document Type: Article

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