Sustainability Beyond Mining: Transformations in Systems for Secondary Beneficiation
Doctoral work on sustainability thinking in the mining sector, drawing on air quality and waste residue projects inside a multinational miner, for readers concerned with beneficiation of mine waste.
by Maria Fátima Freitas Ferraz | February 2012
Sustainability in mining is still framed in neoclassical economic terms, measured by profit, shareholder value and growth, with social and environmental dimensions added in response to regulation. Six air quality and waste minimisation projects run over seven years were assessed against seven dimensions of the biosphere and fell well short. A collaborative model is proposed for a sector built on mining waste residues.
R1500,00
Description
Related Products
Real-time Plant Efficiency Measurement
2002
Assessment of the measurement and control equipment available to coal preparation plants, with recommendations for plant metallurgists on which instruments to add first.
What this report foundNo single method gives a continuous, real time report on how a coal preparation plant is performing.
R1500,00
200230 pages
No single method gives a continuous, real time report on how a coal preparation plant is performing. Mass meters converted to yield values, on-line ash and moisture monitors, load cell chutes and automatic medium density control together supply most of what is needed. Measuring discard and slimes tonnages, particularly slimes disposal, remains the weakest point in plant accounting.
Small Scale Coal Mining Guidelines
Plain language manual for newcomers to the coal industry, written for historically disadvantaged entrants with limited technical background and no route into the ownership and permitting process.
What this report foundSets out the steps to establish a small scale coal mine in South Africa, from mineral rights and regulatory approvals through finance, mining and processing...
R1500,00
Sets out the steps to establish a small scale coal mine in South Africa, from mineral rights and regulatory approvals through finance, mining and processing choices, marketing, and environmental management and closure. The information a new entrant needs sits in many separate places, so the guideline draws it together from practitioners rather than from any single published source.