A practical and rigorous approach for the integration of sustainability principles into the decision-making processes at minerals processing operations

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-71

  Tuazon, D ^a   Corder, G ^a   Powell, M ^a   Ziemski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental; Minerals processing; Mining; Sustainable development; Sustainable integration

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS RISKS; CORPORATE LEVEL; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL; FLOTATION CIRCUITS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MILLING CIRCUITS; MINERAL PROCESSING; MINERALS PROCESSING; MINING COMPANIES; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; OPERATIONAL LEVEL; PROCESS ISSUES; RIGOROUS APPROACH; SEMIAUTOGENOUS GRINDING; STRONG COUPLING; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES; WATER AND ENERGIES;

FLOTATION; INTEGRATION; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84858442119     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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