Mining's seven questions to sustainability: From mitigating impacts to encouraging contribution

Episodes

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-184

  Hodge, R Anthony ^a,b  

^a Anthony Hodge Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 8644245865     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2004/v27i3/004     Document Type: Article

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