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Assessment and Optimization of Energy Efficiency submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16214 | Submission Open
Keywords: engineering; applied mathematics; industrial processes; non-industrial processes; decarbonisation; hard-to-abate sectors; rational use of resources; decision support systems; expert systems
Alternative Use of Biological Resources
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 42739 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural resources; scientific interdisciplinarity; sustainability; economic transition; resource management; bioeconomics; decarbonization; socio-economic consciousness
Mineral Resource Management 2025: Assessment, Mining and Processing
edited by , Wanjia Zhang and Zhitao Feng
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1442 | Submission Open
Keywords: mineral resource management; mineral assessment; geological engineering; mining engineering; mine safety science and technology; mine environmental protection and sustainable development; mineral processing; extractive metallurgy
Resource Extraction from Agricultural Products/Waste: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10182 | Submission Open
Keywords: resources; extraction techniques: conventionality; green impacts; and sustainability; separation and purification methodologies; agricultural resources/wastes; industrial applications
Critical Resources and Innovation for a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition
edited by , and Zhili Zuo
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation; critical minerals; mining; just transition; energy; supply chain
Advanced Approaches in Sustainable Water Resources Cycle Management submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; blue-green infrastructure; water management; rainwater; greywater; alternative water resources; low-impact systems; sustainable development
Production Efficiency and Environmental Research for Responsible Mining submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5809 | Submission Open
Keywords: mining; mineral resource management; underground mining; surface mining; mineral processing; mining value chain; corporate social responsibility; ESG; mineral resource availability
Research on Metallogenic Mechanism of Gold Deposit
edited by Jun Liu
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 512 | Submission Open
Keywords: orogenic gold deposit; epithermal gold deposit; porphyry-skarn gold deposit; intrusion-related gold deposit; regional gold metallogeny
Natural and Anthropogenic Conditions of Changes in the Hydrosphere
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3801 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; water level; water temperature; ice phenomena; water quality
Petroleum Waste Generation: Current and Future Trends in Management and Treatment submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 2201 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2 emissions; SO2 emissions; natural gas; petroleum refinery effluents; sustainability and circularity; treatment technologies; drilling fluid waste; oil and gas waste management; environmental persistent waste; waste regulations
Consideration of Critical and Strategic Raw Materials in Life Cycle Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5505 | Submission Open
Keywords: critical raw materials; decoupling; SDG; LCA; recycling; substitution; mineral policy; raw materials management; circular economy
Mine Ecological Restoration: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: abandoned mines; environmental pollution; ecological damage; heavy metal pollution; site restoration; ecological restoration; phytoremediation; collaborative restoration; stabilization technology; resource utilization
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