What is it about?
Life cycle assessment is key component for sustainability of any mine. Current LCA methodologies used in mining sector has advantages as well as many drawbacks. This paper discusses the present and past works of LCA conducted by other researchers.
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Why is it important?
This paper brings discussions of existing methodologies of LCA used in mineral sectors and it gives insights of how various LCA techniques gives quite ambiguous results.
Perspectives
An excellent contribution to LCA in mineral sector.
Professor Ranjith Pathegama Gamage
Monash University
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This page is a summary of: Life cycle assessment in the minerals and metals sector: a critical review of selected issues and challenges, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-009-0060-1.
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