Reducing the greenhouse gas footprint of primary metal production: Where should the focus be?

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1563-1570

  Norgate, Terry ^a   Jahanshahi, Sharif ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comminution; Environmental; Extractive metallurgy; Mineral processing; Mining

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; METAL EXTRACTIONS; METAL ORES; METAL PRODUCTION; MINERAL PROCESSING; ORE BODIES; ORE GRADES; SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); LIFE CYCLE; METALLURGY; METALS; ORE ANALYSIS; ORE DEPOSITS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; SILICATE MINERALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 80054018695     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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