The steel industry, abiotic resource depletion and life cycle assessment: A real or perceived issue?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-90

  Yellishetty, Mohan ^a   Mudd, Gavin M ^a   Ranjith, P G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiotic resource depletion; Iron and steel industry; LCA; Minerals sector; Triple bottom line and GDP

Indexed keywords

IRON AND STEEL; LCA; MINERALS SECTOR; RESOURCE DEPLETION; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE;

IRON; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; IRON ORES; MANGANESE; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; STEELMAKING;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

EID: 77958520868     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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