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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
R&D
to Support Key Sustainability Drivers
R&D
PROGRAM
Resource Stewardship
Eco-efficient Production
Secondary Materials Processing
Breakthrough Technologies
Development of new
processes and enabling technologies
to achieve Factor X outcomes and to define pathways to sustainability
Value adding for waste
streams, renewable resources and recycling, including market development for new
co-products
Strategic analysis for
overall supply chain and life cycle innovation, including vision shaping research and new
business models
Simultaneous economic and
environmental performance improvements in mineral and metal processing operations
Sustainable development
requires a combination of incremental and breakthrough innovation that will
drive research and development