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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
Focused
Projects in a Coherent Framework
Generic Challenges and
Opportunities
•Sustainability framework, vision and
‘boundary conditions’
•Underlying strategies, methodologies
and capabilities
•High priorities for the minerals and
metal processing sector
•Key objectives & stretch
targets
•Fertile areas for innovation and
R&D; generic hypothesis generation
•Generic themes: energy, fossil fuels,
water, wastes, renewables, toxic and heavy metal dispersion, tailings
etc
•Consolidated industry views:
aluminium, nickel, copper, ferrous, cement, gold etc
Specific
Projects
•Clearly
identified activities, timeframes and deliverables
•Linked
to one or more programs
•Foundation
stones of incoming funding
•Individual projects draw from and contribute to the generic
overview
Context
Programs
Resource
Stewardship
Projects
Strategic
& Tactical
Eco-efficient
Production
Secondary Materials
Processing
Breakthrough
Technologies
