Inter-fuel substitution in the Chinese iron and steel sector

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 525-532

  Smyth, Russell ^a   Kumar Narayan, Paresh ^b   Shi, Hongliang ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Inter fuel substitution; Iron and steel

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; CHINA; ENERGY INPUTS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; HEAVY INDUSTRIES; IRON AND STEEL;

COAL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL GAS SUBSTITUTES;

IRON;

EID: 84864745936     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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