Application of a Life Cycle Impact Assessment framework to evaluate and compare environmental performances with economic values of supplied coal products

dc.contributor.authorMangena, S.J.
dc.contributor.authorBrent, Alan Colin
dc.contributor.emailalan.brent@up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2008-01-31T09:52:40Z
dc.date.available2008-01-31T09:52:40Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe South African economy is strongly based on coal as a mined resource, and various grades of coal are supplied to local and international customers. However, the environmental impacts associated with the preparation and production of different coal grades from Run of Mine (RoM) or raw coal are variable; specifically, the different mining methods used for coal extraction – opencast or underground mining – have different environmental impacts. The entire life cycles of the grades of coal must therefore be evaluated in order to compare environmental performances with supplied economic values. In this paper, a Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methodology, based on the ISO 14040 standard, is applied for this purpose. Four cases are considered in South Africa: typical high-grade and low-grade coals from opencast and underground mines.en
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dc.identifier.citationMangena, SJ & Brent, AC 2006, ‘Application of a Life Cycle Impact Assessment framework to evaluate and compare environmental performances with economic values of supplied coal products’, Journal of Cleaner Production, vol.14, issues 12-12, pp. 1071-1084.[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09596526]en
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.04.012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/4326
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsElsevieren
dc.subjectLife cycle managementen
dc.subjectLife Cycle Impact Assessmenten
dc.subjectEnvironmental performanceen
dc.subjectEnvironmental profileen
dc.subjectCoal productsen
dc.subject.lcshLife cycle costing
dc.subject.lcshPerformance
dc.subject.lcshEnvironmental impact analysis
dc.subject.lcshCoal mines and mining
dc.subject.lcshCoal trade
dc.titleApplication of a Life Cycle Impact Assessment framework to evaluate and compare environmental performances with economic values of supplied coal productsen
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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