Losses and use efficiencies along the phosphorus cycle. Part 1: Dilemmata and losses in the mines and other nodes of the supply chain

• Published in: Resources, conservation and recycling Vol. 105; pp. 216 - 234
• Main Authors: Scholz, Roland W., Wellmer, Friedrich-Wilhelm
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Beneficiation; business enterprises; Chains; Cut-off; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Environmental impacts; Losses in beneficiation; Losses in mining; Mining; phosphates; Phosphorus; resource management; Resources management; social justice; supply chain; Sustainability; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Sustainability; Losses in beneficiation; Environmental impacts; Losses in mining; Phosphorus

•Losses and efficiency management are key means for phosphorus/resources management.•Efficiency is a means, efficacy the primary goal and effectiveness the overall utility.•Residues from mining and beneficiation are large and may ask for special attention.•We need strategies for increasing net use e...