DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136701
论文题名: Innovation potential along the phosphorus supply chain: A micro and macro perspective on the mining phase
作者: Geissler B. ; Mew M.C. ; Matschullat J. ; Steiner G.
刊名: Science of the Total Environment
ISSN: 489697
出版年: 2020
卷: 714 语种: 英语
英文关键词: Phosphate rock
; Phosphorus supply chain
; Price structure
; Resource efficiency
; Sustainable mining
; System innovation
Scopus关键词: Costs
; Decision making
; Deposits
; Environmental impact
; Eutrophication
; Igneous rocks
; Phosphate deposits
; Phosphate mines
; Phosphorus
; Planning
; Sedimentary rocks
; Supply chains
; Sustainable development
; Phosphate rocks
; Price structure
; Resource efficiencies
; Sustainable mining
; System innovations
; Open pit mining
; phosphate
; phosphorus
; phosphorus pentoxide
; artisanal mining
; innovation
; mineral resource
; phosphorus
; price dynamics
; supply chain management
; sustainability
; sustainable development
; Article
; cost
; economics
; extraction
; geographic and geological phenomena
; mining
; priority journal
; rock
; waste
英文摘要: Phosphorus is unique, given its characteristic of being essential for all life on Earth. The element is non-substitutable and finite in the form of highly concentrated phosphate-rock deposits. Thus, humankind should strive to utilize this resource in the most-efficient and sustainable manner. Losses, as well as overlooked opportunities, can be found all along the supply chain in various forms and to distinct extents. Avoiding these by closing the loops all along the supply chain is a key approach for keeping phosphorus flows available for economic use while reducing negative environmental impacts such as eutrophication. Changes to the current, mostly linear approach require multidimensional innovations that address products, processes, structures, and decision-makers along the supply chain as well as societal stakeholders. Our work focuses on the mining phase, covering extraction and beneficiation, whereby we discuss innovation potential in the contexts of i) improving P2O5 recovery, ii) utilizing waste, and iii) recovering by-products within the boundaries of sustainable development as generalized strategies on the macro level. Furthermore, we show that there is no “one-size-fits-all” solution to overcome current and future challenges within phosphate-rock mining, as the geological composition and processing of ores differs fundamentally among global deposits. Therefore, we perform, based on previously unpublished primary data, an economic breakdown of production-cost structures covering 85 active phosphate-rock mines and show significant differences between the two main deposit types (i.e., igneous and sedimentary), underground and open-pit mining as well as within each type. © 2020 Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/158372
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作者单位: Danube University Krems, Department of Knowledge and Communication Management, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, Krems, 3500, Austria; Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Interdisciplinary Environmental Research Centre, Brennhausgasse 14, Freiberg, 09599, Germany; CRU International, Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1QS, United Kingdom; Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Josefstaedter Straße 39, Vienna, 1080, Austria
Recommended Citation:
Geissler B.,Mew M.C.,Matschullat J.,et al. Innovation potential along the phosphorus supply chain: A micro and macro perspective on the mining phase[J]. Science of the Total Environment,2020-01-01,714