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Developing minerals beneficiation flowsheets for eco-efficiency : a systems approach
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-135).
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| author | Guma, Mondli |
| author2 | Von Blottnitz, Harro |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10531 Developing minerals beneficiation flowsheets for eco-efficiency : a systems approach Guma, Mondli Von Blottnitz, Harro Broadhurst, Jennifer Lee Engineering Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-135). Eco-efficiency has been proposed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development as a performance indicator framework that contributes to sustainability by assisting corporate decision makers improve the environmental performance of their operations and processes, while also extracting additional economic value. Given the emergent importance of eco-efficiency within the business community and the urgency with which environmental impacts generated by the minerals industry need to be mitigated, it becomes apparent that there is a need to assess whether eco-efficiency indicators can drive environmental sustainability performance improvement during process design within the minerals industry. This thesis aims to respond to this research need by assessing the strengths and limitations of eco-efficiency indicators as performance metrics in guiding decision making during minerals process design in the interests of environmental sustainability. The ultimate aim of this thesis is to contribute towards improved guidance for process design engineers in the selection of the appropriate tools for more environmentally sustainable design of minerals beneficiation processes. 2014-12-30T06:44:04Z 2014-12-30T06:44:04Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10531 eng application/pdf Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Engineering Guma, Mondli Developing minerals beneficiation flowsheets for eco-efficiency : a systems approach |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Developing minerals beneficiation flowsheets for eco-efficiency : a systems approach |
| title_full | Developing minerals beneficiation flowsheets for eco-efficiency : a systems approach |
| title_fullStr | Developing minerals beneficiation flowsheets for eco-efficiency : a systems approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing minerals beneficiation flowsheets for eco-efficiency : a systems approach |
| title_short | Developing minerals beneficiation flowsheets for eco-efficiency : a systems approach |
| title_sort | developing minerals beneficiation flowsheets for eco efficiency a systems approach |
| topic | Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10531 |
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