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Resources, Volume 11, Issue 12

December 2022 - 17 articles

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Cover Story: A methodology for comprehensive assessment of resource efficiency of gas industry companies has been developed. At the first stage, an information base was formed to analyze and predict the resource efficiency of companies. With the help of a software and tool environment, the level of rational consumption of companies' resources and balanced provision was determined. At the second stage, a comparative integrated assessment of the production, economic, environmental, energy, investment, financial, and innovation spheres of activity was carried out, taking into account the specifics of the gas industry. At the third stage, a multivariate analysis of promising business processes was carried out, and a resource-efficient option for the development of oil and gas companies was selected. View this paper

Articles (17)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,274 Views
17 Pages

Water Resources Depletion and Its Consequences on Agricultural Activities in Najran Valley

  • Saleh H. Alyami,
  • Ali Alqahtany,
  • Abdulnoor A. Ghanim,
  • Ismail Elkhrachy,
  • Tareq I. Alrawaf,
  • Rehan Jamil and
  • Naief A. Aldossary

15 December 2022

This study focuses on highlighting the major effects on the agricultural activities caused by the reduction in water resources in Najran, Saudi Arabia. Since the last decade, there has been a sharp decrease in the availability of water in the area as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,475 Views
14 Pages

Magnetic Separation and Enrichment of Fe–Ti Oxides from Iron Titaniferous Beach Sands: Process Design Applied to Coastal Ecuador

  • Willam Trujillo,
  • Joseph Cobo,
  • Dayanna Vera-Cedeño,
  • Alex Palma-Cando,
  • Jorge Toro-Álava,
  • Alfredo Viloria and
  • Marvin Ricaurte

14 December 2022

Iron titaniferous sands, also called black sands, are a source of various magnetic minerals, such as iron and titanium (Fe–Ti) oxides, with countless scientific and industrial applications. Ecuador is deemed a geo-diverse country that contains...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,363 Views
29 Pages

Strategic Slum Upgrading and Redevelopment Action Plan for Jammu City

  • Majid Farooq,
  • Fayma Mushtaq,
  • Gowhar Meraj,
  • Suraj Kumar Singh,
  • Shruti Kanga,
  • Ankita Gupta,
  • Pankaj Kumar,
  • Deepak Singh and
  • Ram Avtar

12 December 2022

Rapid urbanization has led to the emergence of slums in many developing and industrialized nations. It degrades the quality of life and burdens the urban amenities resulting in uneven distribution of slums. The majority of people in the developing wo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,394 Views
12 Pages

Column Adsorption Studies for the Removal of Ammonium Using Na-Zeolite-Based Geopolymers

  • Elavarasi Sundhararasu,
  • Hanna Runtti,
  • Teija Kangas,
  • Janne Pesonen,
  • Ulla Lassi and
  • Sari Tuomikoski

11 December 2022

The aim of this study was to examine the removal of ammonium ions from a synthetic model solution by using Na-zeolite-based geopolymers. Na-zeolite (=analcime) is a residue from mining industry. Three adsorbents were prepared from Na-zeolite using di...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
24 Citations
14,195 Views
11 Pages

9 December 2022

As climate change and energy crises increase, NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) fertilizer supply chains become more volatile. Globally, the Russian attack on Ukraine has caused the cost of gas to rise and fertilizer supplies to decline. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,301 Views
11 Pages

Environmental Impact Assessment of a Solar Drying Unit for the Transformation of Food Waste into Animal Feed

  • Konstadinos Abeliotis,
  • Christina Chroni,
  • Katia Lasaridi,
  • Evangelos Terzis,
  • Fenia Galliou and
  • Thrassyvoulos Manios

9 December 2022

Food waste valorization via its transformation into animal feed is a viable alternative for improving food security and the diversion of organic waste from landfills. The manuscript presents the environmental impact assessment of the construction and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,954 Views
17 Pages

Tidal Rice Yield Assessment in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, under Different Cultural Practices

  • Yiyi Sulaeman,
  • Eni Maftu’ah,
  • Mukhlis Mukhlis,
  • Khairil Anwar,
  • Vicca Karolinoerita,
  • Nur Wakhid,
  • Muhammad Saleh,
  • Izhar Khairullah,
  • Mala Agustiani and
  • Agus Wahyana Anggara
  • + 5 authors

8 December 2022

This research aimed to assess the performance of a technology package in relation to rice yield in a B-type tidal rice field in Central Kalimantan province (Indonesia). We selected four areas with different hydrological conditions, soil characteristi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,086 Views
19 Pages

Proposal of a Quantitative Assessment Method for Viewpoint Geosites

  • Marco Túlio Mendonça Diniz and
  • Isa Gabriela Delgado de Araújo

7 December 2022

The evaluation of viewpoint geosites is a recent topic in geosciences, as most works deal with a more general analysis of places and areas, but this one deals with something more specific. Therefore, the general objective of this paper is to propose...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,876 Views
24 Pages

5 December 2022

Exposure to coal dust from mining-related activities has historically been linked to several preventable but incurable respiratory diseases. Although the findings of numerous biological studies have determined that the physicochemical and mineralogic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,275 Views
15 Pages

2 December 2022

Anthropogenic pollutants that accumulate in bottom sediments may pose a serious threat to the aquatic environment and humans. The aim of the study was to determine the ecological risk related to the contamination of sediment with heavy metals and the...

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