Aluminium for the future: Modelling the global production, market supply, demand, price and long term development of the global reserves

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-154

  Sverdrup, Harald U ^a   Ragnarsdottir, Kristin Vala ^a   Koca, Deniz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Mining; Price; Reserves; Systems dynamics

Indexed keywords

MINING; POPULATION STATISTICS; STAINLESS STEEL;

ALUMINIUM PRODUCTION; EXPENSIVE PRODUCTS; LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; PRICE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECOVERABLE RESERVES; RESERVES; SYSTEMS DYNAMICS;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; FOSSIL FUEL; IRON; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL;

ALUMINUM; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL; MINING; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEMAND; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; GLOBAL RESERVE; HUMAN; MARKETING; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ULTIMATELY RECOVERABLE ALUMINUM RESERVE;

EID: 84941087060     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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