Multi-criteria ranking of copper concentrates according to their quality - An element of environmental management in the vicinity of copper - Smelting complex in Bor, Serbia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 509-515

  Nikolić, Djordje ^a   Jovanović, Ivan ^a   Mihajlović, Ivan ^a   Živković, Živan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Copper concentrate; Heavy metals; PROMETHEE GAIA; Ranking

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; COPPER; GOLD; LEAD; MERCURY; SILVER; SULFUR; ZINC;

COPPER; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METAL; METALLURGY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PRICE DETERMINATION; RANKING; SMELTING; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SERBIA;

BOR; EURASIA; EUROPE; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449722800     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Al-Rashdan D., Al-Kloub B., Dean A., and Al-Shemmeri T. Environmental impact assessment and ranking the environmental projects in Jordan. European Journal of Operational Research 118 1 (1999) 30-45
2. Albadvi A., Chaharsooghi S.K., and Esfahanipour A. Decision making in stock trading: an application of PROMETHEE. European Journal of Operational Research 177 2 (2007) 673-683
3. Anand G., and Kodali R. Selection of lean manufacturing systems using the PROMETHEE. Journal of Modelling in Management 3 1 (2008) 40-70
4. Aznar J.C., Richer-Lafleche M., and Cluis D. Metal contamination in the lichen Alectoria sarmentosa near the copper smelter of Murdochville, Quebec. Environmental Pollution 156 1 (2008) 76-81
5. Brans J.P. L'ingénièrie de la décision; Elaboration d'instruments d'aide à la décision. La méthode PROMETHEE. In: Nadeau R., and Landry M. (Eds). L'aide à la décision: Nature, Instruments et Perspectives d'Avenir (1982), Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, Canada 183-213
6. Brans J.P., Mareschal B., and Vincke P. PROMETHEE: a new family of outranking methods in multi-criteria analysis. In: Brans J.P. (Ed). Operational Research '84 (1984), North-Holland, Amsterdam 477-490
7. Brans J.P., and Vincke P. A preference ranking organisation method: the PROMETHEE method for MCDM. Management Science 31 6 (1985) 647-656
8. Brans J.P., and Mareschal B. Promethee-V - MCDM problems with segmentation constraints. INFOR 30 2 (1992) 85-96
9. Brans J.P., and Mareschal B. The PROMCALC and GAIA decision support system for MCDA. Decision Support Systems 12 (1994) 297-310
10. Dimitrijević M., Kostov A., Tasić V., and Milosević N. Influence of pyrometallurgical copper production on the environment. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2008) 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.08.099
11. Filipou D., St.German P., and Grammatikopolus T. Recovery of metal values from copper - arsenic minerals and other related resources. Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy Review 28 (2007) 247-298
12. Faitondjiev L., Stanislavova L., Tchuldjian H., Gupta S.K., and Schulin R. Toxic elements in soils of the region of Kremikovtzi. Soil Science Agrochemistry and Ecology 35 5 (2000) 3-9
13. Franzin W.G., McFarlane G.A., and Lutz A. Atmospheric fallout in the vicinity of a base metal smelter at Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. Environmental Science & Technology 13 12 (1979) 1513-1522
14. 10 in central and northern Chile. Atmospheric Environment 36 23 (2002) 3803-3817
15. Guo B.H., and Yen W.T. Selective flotation of enargite by electrochemical control. Minerals Engineering 18 6 (2005) 605-612
16. Halis M., Akowa O., and Tagraf H. The relationship between ethics and quality: conflicts and common grounds. Serbian Journal of Management 2 2 (2007) 127-145
17. 10 and arsenic concentrations in central Chile using positive matrix factorization. Atmospheric Environment 39 3 (2005) 549-561
18. Herngren L., Goonetilleke A., and Ayoko G.A. Analysis of heavy metals in road-deposited sediments. Analytica Chimica Acta 571 2 (2006) 270-278
19. Khalil W.A.-S., Goonetilleke A., Kokot S., and Carroll S. Use of chemometrics methods and multicriteria decision-making for site selection for sustainable on-site sewage effluent disposal. Analytica Chimica Acta 506 1 (2004) 41-56
20. King G.M. The evolution of technology for extractive metallurgy over the last 50 years - is the best yet to come?. Journal of Metals 59 2 (2007) 21-27
21. Lim Mc.C.H., Ayoko G.A., and Morawska L. Characterization of elemental and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compositions of urban air in Brisbane. Atmospheric Environment 39 3 (2005) 463-476
22. Lim Mc.C.H., Ayoko G.A., Morawska L., Ristovski Z.D., Jayaratne E.R., and Kokot S. A comparative study of the elemental composition of the exhaust emissions of cars powered by liquefied petroleum gas and unleaded petrol. Atmospheric Environment 40 17 (2006) 3111-3122
23. Macharis C., Springael J., De Brucker K., and Verbeke A. PROMETHEE and AHP: the design of operational synergies in multicriteria analysis. Strengthening PROMETHEE with ideas of AHP. European Journal of Operational Research 153 2 (2004) 307-317
24. 2 containing gases in metallurgy into sulphuric acid and sulphur. Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy 36 1-2B (2000) 77-92
25. Moldovanska N., Dimitrov R., and Ladev L. Kinetic study of CdS oxidation process in non-isothermal conditions. Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B:Metallurgy 36 1-2B (2000) 103-110
26. Parnell J. Reassessing the "think global, act local" mandate: evaluation and synthesis. Serbian Journal of Management 1 1 (2006) 21-28
27. Rousis K., Moustakas K., Malamis S., Papadopoulos A., and Loizidou M. Multi-criteria analysis for the determination of the best WEEE management scenario in Cyprus. Waste Management 28 10 (2008) 1941-1954
28. The Council of the European Union EU, 1999. 1999/30/CE Council Directive relating to limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxide of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air.
29. The Council of the European Union EU, 2004. 2004/107/CE Council Directive relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air.
30. Visual Decision Inc., 2007. Getting Started Guide, Decision Lab 2000, Executive Edition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
31. Vego G., Kučar-Dragičević S., and Koprivanac N. Application of multi-criteria decision-making on strategic municipal solid waste management in Dalmatia, Croatia. Waste Management 28 11 (2008) 2192-2201
32. WHO (World Health Organization). Air Quality Guidelines for Europe. second ed. (2001), WHO Regional Publications, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
33. Yorgun S. New trends in Turkish union movement in the global world. Serbian Journal of Management 2 2 (2007) 247-257
34. Zhukovsky V.M. Thermodynamics of environment. Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy 36 1-2B (2000) 93-102