NATURAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABILITY: IRON ORE MINING

In the present article, a new tool to determine environmental sustainability, the energy impact index (EII) was developed to classify different iron mine projects according to two main parameters including energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The EII considers the characteristics of the mineral (su...

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Published inDyna (Medellín, Colombia) Vol. 78; no. 170; pp. 227 - 234
Main Author de la Torre Palacios, Luis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bogota Universidad Nacional de Colombia 01.01.2011
Subjects
CO2 emissions
emisiones CO2
energy
energía
hierro
iron
sostenibilidad
ustainability
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Summary:In the present article, a new tool to determine environmental sustainability, the energy impact index (EII) was developed to classify different iron mine projects according to two main parameters including energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The EII considers the characteristics of the mineral (such as the quality, size, hardness, iron ore grade, reducibility, mineral/waste rate, and type of deposit), mining processes (type of exploitation, ore processing, available technology), and transportation (distance to cover).
ISSN:0012-7353
2346-2183