Minerals, Metals and Sustainability examines the exploitation of minerals and mineral products and the implications for sustainability of the consumption of finite mineral resources and the wastes associated with their production and use. It provides a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates the physical and earth sciences with the social sciences, ecology and economics.
Increasingly, graduates in the minerals industry and related sectors will not only require a deep technical and scientific understanding of their fields (such as geology, mining, metallurgy), but will also need a knowledge of how their industry relates to and can contribute to the transition to sustainability.
Minerals, Metals and Sustainability is an important reference for students of engineering and applied science and geology; practising engineers, geologists and scientists; students of economics, social sciences and related disciplines; professionals in government service in areas such as resources, environment and sustainability; and non-technical professionals working in the minerals industry or in sectors servicing the minerals industry.
Overview of the minerals industry, its role in the world today and in the future.
Outlines the sustainability issues facing the minerals industry and how they might be addressed.
No prior specialist knowledge is assumed other than an elementary knowledge of chemistry and physics.
Introduction
Materials and the materials cycle
An introduction to Earth
An introduction to sustainability
Mineral resources
The minerals industry
Producing ores and concentrates
Producing metals and manufactured mineral products
Students of engineering and applied science (mining, metallurgical, civil, chemical, mechanical, environmental) and geology
Practising engineers, geologists and scientists
Students of economics, social sciences and related disciplines
Professionals in government service in areas such as resources, environment and sustainability
Non-technical professionals working in the minerals industry or in sectors servicing the minerals industry
W. John Rankin is an Honorary Fellow and has held academic and research appointments in South Africa, Canada and Australia. He was Director of the G. K. Williams Cooperative Research Centre for Extractive Metallurgy, Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and Chief Scientist of CSIRO Division of Minerals. He has written over 100 scientific papers and 70 technical reports on extractive metallurgy and sustainable development.
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