Abiotic depletion due to resource consumption in a steelwork assessed by five different methods

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1067-1073

  Van Caneghem, Jo ^a   Vermeulen, Isabel ^a   Block, Chantal ^a,b   Cramm, Patrick ^c   Mortier, Ronald ^c   Vandecasteele, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Groep T Leuven Engineering College   (Belgium)

^c ArcelorMittal Gent   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abiotic depletion; Impact assessment; Industry; Steelwork

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACITE; COKE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY; IRON ORES; IRON SCRAP; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; STEEL; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STEEL METALLURGY; STEELMAKING;

ABIOTIC DEPLETION; ENERGETIC RESOURCES; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MATERIAL EFFICIENCY; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; STEELWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS;

COAL DEPOSITS;

COAL; COKE; FUEL; IRON; LIMESTONE; NATURAL GAS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; RESOURCE DEPLETION; RESOURCE USE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION;

EID: 77955819628     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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