Substance flow analysis of steel and long term sustainability of iron ore resources in Australia, Brazil, China and India

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 400-410

  Yellishetty, Mohan ^a   Mudd, Gavin M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Resource depletion; Steel; Substance flow analysis; Sustainability and the GDP

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON ORES; METABOLISM; ORE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; STEEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA AND INDIA; INDUSTRIAL METABOLISM; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; REGIONAL LEVELS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; STOCKS AND FLOWS; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES;

ORES;

EID: 84922852648     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.046     Document Type: Article

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