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The Complete Guide to Climate Change. Dictionary of Environmental Science and Technology. Liberating Energy from Carbon: Energy Policy in the Greenhouse. Radioactive Waste in Perspective.
Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon. Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment.
Hygrothermal Risk on Building Heritage. Facing Up to Global Warming.
Modelling Rock Fracturing Processes. Handbook of Sustainability for the Food Sciences.
Death in the Mines. Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies. Water Management and Public Participation.
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The student resources previously accessed via GarlandScience. It takes a multi-disciplinary approach which integrates the physical and earth sciences with the social sciences, ecology, economics and the principles of sustainability. The book takes a global view — it is not specific to particular mineral commodities or to any particular country or region. It is written to be readable by readers of diverse academic background.
It assumes no prior knowledge of the minerals industry but assumes an elementary knowledge of chemistry, physics and biology. Summary Minerals, Metals and Sustainability examines the exploitation of minerals and mineral products and the implications for sustainability of the consumption of finite mineral resources and the wastes associated with their production and use.
It provides a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates the physical and earth sciences with the social sciences, ecology and economics.
Increasingly, graduates in the minerals industry and related sectors will not only require a deep technical and scientific understanding of their fields such as geology, mining, metallurgy , but will also need a knowledge of how their industry relates to and can contribute to the transition to sustainability. Minerals, Metals and Sustainability is an important reference for students of engineering and applied science and geology; practising engineers, geologists and scientists; students of economics, social sciences and related disciplines; professionals in government service in areas such as resources, environment and sustainability; and non-technical professionals working in the minerals industry or in sectors servicing the minerals industry.
He was Director of the G. He has written over scientific papers and 70 technical reports on extractive metallurgy and sustainable development.
Minerals, Metals and Sustainability: Meeting Future Material Needs - CRC Press Book. Minerals, Metals and Sustainability by WJ Rankin published September The ISBN is Meeting Future Material Needs. WJ Rankin. Paperback.
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