Application of life cycle assessment in the mining industry

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-89

  Awuah Offei, Kwame ^b   Adekpedjou, Akim ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

LCA methodology; Life cycle assessment; Mining; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79951677603     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-010-0246-6     Document Type: Article

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