Volume : III, Issue : III, March - 2014

Natural Resources Sustainability of Iron Ore Mining

Dr. Chinnaiah

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

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Dr.Chinnaiah Natural Resources Sustainability of Iron Ore Mining International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.III March 2014

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