Article | REF: GE1022 V1

Eco-design and ecological engineering

Author: Camille KUNTZ

Publication date: July 10, 2021

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


Français

3. Impacts and indications for steel in ecological engineering

3.1 Overview of steel life cycle analysis

SCROLL TO TOP

3.1.1 Raw material extraction

Steel is over 98% iron. Iron is extracted from iron oxide ores such as hematite, magnetite and limonite. The main iron producers are in Australia, Brazil, China, India and Russia.

The consequences of iron mining on the environment are numerous:

  • Iron mining can lead to the emission of combustion products such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide....

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Ecological engineering

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Impacts and indications for steel in ecological engineering