Global stainless steel cycle exemplifies chinas rise to metal dominance

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3940-3946

  Reck, Barbara K ^a   Chambon, Marine ^a   Hashimoto, Seiji ^a,b   Graedel, T E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY STEEL; END-OF-LIFE; GERMANY; GLOBAL GROWTH; LANDFILLING; RECYCLING RATE; SOUTH KOREA; TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION;

CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; RECYCLING; STEELMAKING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

CARBON; METAL; STAINLESS STEEL;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LANDFILL; METAL; RECYCLING; STEEL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; METAL INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; METALS; STAINLESS STEEL;

CHINA; GERMANY; JAPAN; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952518247     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903584q     Document Type: Article

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