Life Cycle Assessment in the minerals industry: Current practice, harmonization efforts, and potential improvement through the integration with process simulation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.318
Abstract: Abstract Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a widely-used methodology for estimating the potential environmental impacts of technological systems in nature. Relative maturity of this method has been achieved thanks to recent standardization efforts, although there… read more here.
Keywords: cycle assessment; minerals industry; process simulation; life cycle ... See more keywords
94 Reducing Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Construction and Minerals Industry by Using Wearable Real Time Respirable Dust Monitors
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DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxac087.068
Abstract: Real time monitoring of respirable dust (as a surrogate for RCS) opens the opportunity to warn workers when entering work areas with increased dust levels to provide them the information to fit RPE properly or… read more here.
Keywords: dust; minerals industry; respirable dust; construction minerals ... See more keywords
Sustainability in the Minerals Industry: Seeking a Consensus on Its Meaning
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DOI: 10.3390/su10051429
Abstract: Sustainability science has received progressively greater attention worldwide, given the growing environmental concerns and socioeconomic inequity, both largely resulting from a prevailing global economic model that has prioritized profits. It is now widely recognized that… read more here.
Keywords: sustainability minerals; consensus; sustainability; industry seeking ... See more keywords