Exergy cost allocation of by-products in the mining and metallurgical industry

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-142

  Valero, Alicia ^a   Domínguez, Adriana ^b   Valero, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cost allocation; Exergy replacement cost; LCA; Metallurgy; Mineral resources; Mining

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; COBALT; COPPER; COST ACCOUNTING; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EXERGY; METALLURGY; METALS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; MINING; NICKEL;

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; COST ALLOCATION; ECONOMIC APPROACH; LCA; METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; NICKEL AND COBALTS; REPLACEMENT COSTS;

COSTS;

COBALT; COPPER; NICKEL;

COST; EXERGY; METALLURGY; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXERGY COST ALLOCATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; MINING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TONNAGE;

EID: 84938850726     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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