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Environmentally sustainable mining in Europe

The hunt for phi structures by A. Lambert
Mining non-renewable mineral resources in a sustainable way by T. Kauppila
Riverbed aggregates dredging by T. Hámor & G. Kovács
A proposal for ecological and geological monitoring of mining enterprises in the Far Eastern region of Russia by Arkhipova Y. A. & Bubnova M. B.
Sustainable development of low population density regions – The Lithium Project in Guarda (Portugal) by A.M. Antão & A. Carolino
The application of European hazardous waste assessment to mining projects and implications for environmental sustainability by M. Cox, R. Bowell, C. Williams, J. Declercq, J. Charles, R. Warrender, C. Wickham
Radically decreasing the emissions of fossil and renewable energy materials and waste landfills by R. I. Hargitai

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