Article Title
Recovery and repurposing of thermal resources in the mining and mineral processing industry
Abstract
The consumption of energy contributes significantly to the overall cost of operations and the environmental impact of the mining and mineral processing industry. However, despite a few notable exceptions, most of the resulting waste heat produced is dissipated, without recovery, into the environment. There is also a lot of stored heat in mine water which can be tapped into long after a mine has closed. There is, therefore, significant opportunity to improve the industry's sustainability through increasing the amount of waste heat recovered and repurposed.
Recommended Citation
McLean, Shannon H.; Chenier, Jeffrey; Muinonen, Sari; Laamanen, Corey A.; and Scott, John A.
(2020)
"Recovery and repurposing of thermal resources in the mining and mineral processing industry,"
Journal of Sustainable Mining: Vol. 19
:
Iss.
2
, Article 5.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.46873/2300-3960.1010
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