SUSTAINABLY DEVELOPING MINING, BENEFICIATION AND METALLURGICAL ENTERPRISES ACCORDING TO UN AND EU REQUIREMENTS

SEPRM – Volume 2

Lyubomir S. Ilchev, Nadezhda G. Davcheva–Ilcheva

ABSTRACT: Sustainable development helps the transition of industrial enterprises from “open” to “closed” type of economy, solving their contradictions with the environment and the biosphere. Therefore, the future belongs to those industrial plants that will comply with and put into practice the concept of sustainable development. The authors propose a conditional structural and functional schemes for mining, beneficiation and metallurgical enterprises in accordance with the requirements of the main UN and EU documents for sustainable development. Management, as a major production factor, together with one of its main tools – feedback, have the task to change the ongoing processes to this desired goal. A network of industrial indicators accounting for the effectiveness of systems management and the progress made is also pointed out.

Key words: sustainable development, structure, organisation, functioning, management toolkit.

Ilchev, L., N. Davcheva-Ilcheva
SUSTAINABLY DEVELOPING MINING, BENEFICIATION AND METALLURGICAL ENTERPRISES ACCORDING TO UN AND EU REQUIREMENTS
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5594823
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58903/b15171916

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