Incorporating sustainable development principles into minerals processing design and operation: SUSOP®

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-181

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental; Mineral processing; Mining; Process synthesis; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALS; HAZARD AND OPERABILITY STUDY; MINERALS PROCESSING; MINING PROCESS; NEW CONCEPT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; SAFETY CASE; SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MINERAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 75949098241     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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