Future Raw Material Supply: Opportunities and Limits of Aluminium Recycling in Austria

Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 253-262

  Buchner, Hanno ^a   Laner, David ^a   Rechberger, Helmut ^a   Fellner, Johann ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dynamic material flow modelling; Future aluminium scrap; Recycling; Secondary raw material supply

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ECONOMICS; RAW MATERIALS; RECYCLING;

ALUMINIUM RECYCLING; ALUMINIUM SCRAPS; DYNAMIC MATERIALS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY; SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS; SECONDARY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

EID: 85013182771     PISSN: 21993823     EISSN: 21993831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40831-015-0027-3     Document Type: Article

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