consumption continues to increase. Urban mining for scrap metal has emerged as a promising option for securing copper and aluminum … lower than the cost of virgin mining. Moreover, in terms of the economic performance, copper may differ tremendously from …Virgin mining is rapidly becoming unsustainable as primary resources are in increasingly short supply and energy …

. -- Michigan copper mining in decline 1919-1938 / Skelton, Alex -- World war II and the future / Millay, Edna St. Vincent …

Economic liberalization, innovation and technology transfer : opportunities for cleaner production in copper mining and … case of copper smelting in China / Bo Göransson -- From nationalization to re-privatization of the Peruvian copper industry …, and drawing on case material from Chile, China, Peru and Russia, the book goes on to assess the latest technological …