Incorporating sustainable development in the design of mineral processing operations - Review and analysis of current approaches

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1414-1425

  McLellan, B C ^a   Corder, G D ^a   Giurco, D ^b   Green, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design; Mineral processing; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY; DESIGN PROCESS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MINERAL PROCESSING; SUSTAINABILITY;

DESIGN; MINERALS; MINING; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MINERAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 69249209718     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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