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This paper discusses energy use and conservation in the primary copper industry and illustrates eco-efficiency considerations, using selected examples of practices at ASARCO LLC, an integrated primary copper producer and others in the industry that promote eco-efficiency. The World Council for Sustainable Business Development put forward the eco-efficiency concept in 1991. Eco- efficiency is a management concept linking environmental and economic performance and is aimed at generating value for a business through resource and energy conservation and reduced environmental impacts throughout the product or service's life cycle. It differs from sustainable development in that focus is on economic and environmental factors and does not include social considerations. In the metal mining and processing context, value results from conservation of water and mineral resources, conservation of energy, waste minimization, reduced emissions, and increased recycling. The examples used to illustrate eco-efficiency considerations include: water and energy conservation in mineral processing, adoption of flash smelting, implementation of green chemistry in copper electrorefining, and fostering renewable energy projects.
This paper discusses energy use and conservation in the primary copper industry and illustrates eco-efficiency considerations, using selected examples of practices at ASARCO LLC, an integrated primary copper producer and others in the industry that promote eco-efficiency. The World Council for Sustainable Business Development put forward the eco-efficiency concept in 1991. Eco- efficiency is a management concept linking environmental and economic performance and is aimed at generating value for a business through resource and energy conservation and reduced environmental impacts throughout the product or service's life cycle. It differs from sustainable development in that focus is on economic and environmental factors and does not include social considerations. In the metal mining and processing context, value results from conservation of water and mineral resources, conservation of energy, waste minimization, reduced emissions, and increased recycling. The examples used to illustrate eco-efficiency considerations include: water and energy conservation in mineral processing, adoption of flash smelting, implementation of green chemistry in copper electrorefining, and fostering renewable energy projects.
Keynote Address: Energy Use, Conservation, and Eco-Efficiency Considerations in the Primary Copper Industry
Krishna Parameswaran
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This paper discusses energy use and conservation in the primary copper industry and illustrates eco-efficiency considerations, using selected examples of practices at ASARCO LLC, an integrated primary copper producer and others in the industry that promote eco-efficiency. The World Council for Sustainable Business Development put forward the eco-efficiency concept in 1991. Eco- efficiency is a management concept linking environmental and economic performance and is aimed at generating value for a business through resource and energy conservation and reduced environmental impacts throughout the product or service's life cycle. It differs from sustainable development in that focus is on economic and environmental factors and does not include social considerations. In the metal mining and processing context, value results from conservation of water and mineral resources, conservation of energy, waste minimization, reduced emissions, and increased recycling. The examples used to illustrate eco-efficiency considerations include: water and energy conservation in mineral processing, adoption of flash smelting, implementation of green chemistry in copper electrorefining, and fostering renewable energy projects.
This paper discusses energy use and conservation in the primary copper industry and illustrates eco-efficiency considerations, using selected examples of practices at ASARCO LLC, an integrated primary copper producer and others in the industry that promote eco-efficiency. The World Council for Sustainable Business Development put forward the eco-efficiency concept in 1991. Eco- efficiency is a management concept linking environmental and economic performance and is aimed at generating value for a business through resource and energy conservation and reduced environmental impacts throughout the product or service's life cycle. It differs from sustainable development in that focus is on economic and environmental factors and does not include social considerations. In the metal mining and processing context, value results from conservation of water and mineral resources, conservation of energy, waste minimization, reduced emissions, and increased recycling. The examples used to illustrate eco-efficiency considerations include: water and energy conservation in mineral processing, adoption of flash smelting, implementation of green chemistry in copper electrorefining, and fostering renewable energy projects.
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