This paper brings a review of alternative ways for mining effluent processing, focused on by-
products recovery by membrane separation process (MSPs), ion exchange (IX) and solvent …

The high-quality development of the manufacturing industry is an important driving force for
high-quality economic development. Its transformation and upgrade focus on promoting the …

Energy and water are closely intertwined within economic sectors in urban systems. The
direct and indirect linkages between them in economic systems, termed the energy–water …

Middle-class expansion has played a crucial role in driving the changes in embodied carbon
emissions. However, its driving mechanisms still need to be clarified. In this paper, we …

The meaning of 'local'in local content policies tends to be fuzzy, directly affecting their
design, impacting their efficiency and influencing their evaluation. In this article, we analyse …

As mining activity generally occurs far away from metropolitan areas, governments tend to
forget the problems that communities in mining regions face. Centralized government …

In the context of the global value chains and international trade rapid development, the links
among different countries have become closer and more complex. The differences in the …

This paper analyses the role played by different urban nodes in the Chilean copper mining
Global Production Network (GPN), and how filtering mechanisms act in favour of the capital …

With the ever-increasing population and rapid economic development in China, the demand
for natural resources has grown substantially. To improve the efficient utilization of …

This study aims to identify methane (CH 4) emission flows along global supply chains from
both production-and consumption-based perspectives and their temporal changes from …