iran has high potential and unique stone reserves in terms of variety of color, texture, quality, and economic value; nevertheless, in spite of growing mine production during the past decade, in many instances this potential has been overlooked. therefore it is necessary to investigate strategic factors of these mines. the purpose of this study is to evaluate and determine the best strategies f...

In recent years, farmers in Beja, an agricultural governorate northwestern Tunisia, have expressed their willingness to use urban sewage sludge as fertilizer, especially with the unavailability of chemical fertilizers and soil type region that is poor organic matter. However, there imbalance between important farmers’ demand versus limited quantity produced by Beja wastewater treatment plants (...

The recycling paper industry has a good potential market. used recycled such as Old Corrugated Containers (OCC), Newspaper (ONP), mixed waste paper, and Sorted White Ledger (SWL) raw material. In Indonesia, commonly, the got material of about 50% by importing. government provides regulation to ensure sustainability industrial activity, that is process importing internal increase local materials...

In this paper we present a Quantified SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analytical method which provides more detailed and quantified data for SWOT analysis. The Quantified SWOT analytical method adopts the concept of Multiple-Attribute Decision Making (MADM), which uses a multi-layer scheme to simplify complicated problems, and thus is able to perform SWOT analysis on sev...