Determining the circularity of a system through a criteria and indicators approach has been
the focus of research in many branches of science. In this way, this work aims to review …

Resource scarcity and ecosystem damage are putting pressure on the mining industry to
increase the circularity of its operations. This study analyses the critical challenges to a …

The article deals with the problem of mining waste, which is the largest group of waste
balance in Poland. Based on research, the current state of waste management in Polish coal …

Natural dimension stone processing generates large volumes of stone waste, which have a
significant impact on the environment, as well as on the efficiency and profitability of the …

Since the mid-nineteenth century, gold ores, mainly hosted in sulfides, have been processed
at metallurgical plants located in Nova Lima, Brazil. The generated wastes have been …

This article discusses the main issues associated with waste from mining activity, which is
the largest group of combined waste in Poland. A series of domestic and foreign solutions …

This study examines data from 1995 to 2021 using self-regressive distribution lag modeling
to uncover how mineral wealth utilization influences sustainable development in select …

A methodology is outlined for equipment selection for the extraction of secondary deposits,
supported by the Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) tool based on the Analytic …

Featured Application The paper presents a two stage, multicriteria-based methodology for
evaluation of mining waste potential use that can be applied to any type of mining waste site …

In mining projects and production operations, energy carrier costs (fuel, electricity) constitute
the primary component of variable costs. This study outlines a methodology for projecting …