Modeling fossil energy demands of primary nonferrous metal production: The case of copper

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 13917-13924

  Swart, Pilar ^a   Dewulf, Jo ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL PROCESSING; EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY; IMPACT OF CHANGES; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; METAL EXTRACTIONS; PROCESSING ROUTE; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY CHANGE;

COPPER; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; EXTRACTION; OPEN PIT MINING; TECHNOLOGY;

ORE TREATMENT;

COPPER;

COPPER; DATABASE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METALLURGY; METALS INDUSTRY; MINING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FOSSIL ENERGY; HYDROPOWER; LEACHING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METAL EXTRACTION; MINING; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

COPPER; FOSSIL FUELS; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890754435     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4030518     Document Type: Article

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