Opportunities and constraints for regional resource synergies in minerals processing regions

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 113-122

  Berkel, R Van ^a   Bossilkov, A ^a   Harris, S ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; ENGINEERING TOOLS; ENTRY POINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITIES; IMPLEMENTATION MODELS; INDUSTRIAL AREAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGIES; INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSES; INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS; MATERIALS RECOVERIES; MINERALS PROCESSING; POTENTIAL SYNERGIES; QUEENSLAND; REGIONAL RESOURCES; RESEARCH EFFORTS; TECHNICAL RESEARCHES; TOOLSET; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

COMPETITION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 58049190213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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