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Book SynopsisSustainable practices within the mining and energy sectors are assuming greater significance due to uncertainty and change within the global economy and safety, security, and health concerns. This book examines sustainability issues facing the mining and energy sectors by addressing six major themes: Mining and Mineral Processing; Metallurgy and Recycling; Environment; Energy; Socioeconomic and Regulatory; and Sustainable Materials and Fleets. Emphasizing an integrated transdisciplinary approach, it deliberates on optimizing mining productivity and energy efficiency and discusses integrated waste management practices. It discusses risk management, cost cutting, and integration of sustainable practices for long-term business value. It gives a comprehensive outlook for sustainable mineral futures from academic and industry perspectives covering mine to mill optimization, waste, risk and water management, improved efficiencies in mining tools and equipment, and performance indicators f
Trade Review
"The book is an extremely important reference for the problem of brownfield sites and their remediation, arguably a definitive work."
—Neil Bose, University of Tasmania, Australia
"This book deliberates integrated innovative research to address the challenges of mining, mineral processing and metallurgical industries. It is a source of contemporary knowledge and unique expertise covering various subjects like recycling of precious and rare earth metals from electronic waste, mining environment, wastewater treatment, alternative energy resources, socioeconomic and risk management. The contributors are eminent representatives of industry, academia and government bodies from different parts of the world. This book is a boon for mineral and metallurgical experts looking for innovative ideas and solutions for sustainable growth. The concepts like waste to wealth, carbon foot print, zero waste and green chemistry were emphasized throughout the book. It clearly reflects the interdisciplinary approach which is appropriate to deal with the challenges faced by the minerals and energy sector. This book also provides an overview on new paradigms for sustainable mineral processing, prospects of nuclear and solar energy, integrated waste management practices for sustainability. It is indeed a pride of all concern technocrats, scientists and academicians dealing with mineral and energy sector to have copy of this book in their shelf. I strongly recommend this book on Sustainability in the Mineral and Energy Sectors for all Mineral and Metallurgical engineers, technocrats and policy makers."
— G. Bhaskar Raju, CSIR Madras Complex, Chennai, India
Table of ContentsSection I Mining and Mineral Processing. New Paradigms for Sustainable Mineral Processing. Assessment of Sustainability of Mineral Processing Industries. A Step Change in Mining Productivity: Time to Deliver the Promise. An Approach to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Mining Projects. Energy Use in Comminution in a Global Context. Mill–to-Melt-Energy Efficiency Opportunities. Section II Metallurgy/Recycling. Carbothermic Processing of Copper–Cobalt Mineral Sulphide Concentrates
and Slag Waste for the Extraction of Metallic Values. Processing of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Zero-Waste Materials Recovery. Selective Leaching: An Ecological Solution for Recovering Metals from Complex Minerals and Materials? Reductive Leaching of Metal Oxides in Hydrometallurgical Processing of Nickel Laterite Ores, Deep Sea Manganese Nodules, and Recycling of Spent Batteries/Catalysts. Sustainable Recycling Technology for Electronic Waste. Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from e-Wastes (Nd-Fe-B Spent Magnets) Using Magnesium Chloride Salts. Section III Environment. Building Suitable Restoration Approaches in the Brownfields. Mining and Environment. Sustainable Management of Mine Induced Water. Bioflocculants Relevant for Water Treatment and Remediation. Sustainability and Regional Development: When Brownfields Become Playing Fields. Sustainability of Mineral Processing and Metal Production for European Economies in Transition. Towards Sustainable Design of Landfill Clay Liners: A Case Study. Section IV Energy. Water and Energy Nexus: Impact of Energy Development on Water Resources. Alternative Energy Sources for Mineral Sector: An Overview. Nuclear Power: Current Status and Prospects. Carbon Capture and Storage. Photovoltaics: Current and Emerging Technologies and Materials for Solar Power Conversion. Improving Process Efficiency by Waste Heat Recuperation: An Application of the Limaçon Technology. Urban Waste (Municipal Solid Waste—MSW) to Energy. Electrochemical Energy Systems and Efficient Utilization of Abundant Natural Gas. Unconventional Gas.Section V Socio-Economic, Regulatory. A Research and Education Framework to Support the Development of a Sustainable and Socially Responsible Mining Industry in Africa. Electronic Waste Processing through Copper Recycling: An Economic Analysis. The Importance of Risk Management in the Extractive Sector for a Sustainable Economy. Integrating Sustainability for Long-Term Business Value. Challenging the Challenging Regulatory Environment in Papua New Guinea. Section VI Sustainable Materials, Fleets. Sustainability Allusion, Societal Marketing and the Environmental Footprint of Hybrid Autos. Developing Novel Polymer Composites with Typical Applications in Transport Systems Exposed to High Wear and Corrosion Such as Mining Conveyors. Superhydrophobicity: From the Origin of the Concept to the Fabrication Methodologies for Applications in Pipeline Coatings. Application of Waste Materials (Fly Ash) as Novel Energy Materials.
