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This work shows how the equality principle can be applied to traditional mining as a basis for waste management of natural resources. A cost structure improves the exploitation of the natural resources and saves energy by promoting economic incentives to a cost-effective waste management.
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The EUROPE model optimizes the mining slope and the ore-concentration when utilizing the rock and provides management with a one digit indicator of their mine’s performance. This approach simultaneously improves the profitability, the technology used and the environment.
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This page is a summary of: Optimization of mining by application of the equality principle, Resources Policy, September 2011, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2011.05.004.
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