DocumentCode
2989943
Title
Significant global variability in a facility-level greenhouse gas assessment of primary nickel
Author
Eckelman, Matthew J.
Author_Institution
Program in Environ. Eng., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
17-19 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
A cradle-to-gate greenhouse gas assessment of nickel for every major mine, smelter, and refinery worldwide reveals a high degree of variability in emissions per unit of contained metal. The difference between lowest and highest carbon-intensive producers is 70-100 fold, for each stage of production. The results suggest that using global average LCI data for nickel can seriously misrepresent the actual impacts of production.
Keywords
air pollution; metallurgical industries; mining; nickel; cradle-to-gate greenhouse gas assessment; facility-level greenhouse gas assessment; life cycle inventory; primary nickel; refinery; smelter; Carbon dioxide; Combustion; Global warming; Leaching; Nickel; Ores; Production; Refining; Resistance heating; Smelting; greenhouse gas; life cycle inventory; nickel; variability;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7094-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISSST.2010.5507678
Filename
5507678
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