Life cycle assessment of steel production in Poland: a case study

BAT, 2012 Bieda, 2012, Life cycle inventory processes of the ArcelorMittal Poland (AMP) S.A. in Krakow, Poland – basic oxygen furnace steel production, Int. J. LCA, 17, 463, 10.1007/s11367-011-0370-y Bieda, 2012, Life cycle inventory processes of the Mittal Steel Poland (MSP) S.A. in Krakow, Poland – blast furnace pig iron production – a case study, Int. J. LCA Burchart-Korol, 2010, Application of LCA to environmental assessment of iron ore sinter technology, Hutnik-Wiadomości Hutnicze, 9, 448 Burchart-Korol, 2011, Significance of environmental LCA method in the iron and steel industry, Metalurgija, 50, 205 Burchart-Korol, 2011, Evaluation of Environmental Impacts in Iron-making Based on Life Cycle Assessment, 1246 Burchart-Korol, 2011, Broadening life cycle assessment for the eco-efficiency evaluating and improving Burchart-Korol, 2012, Application of the new mixing and granulation technology of raw materials for iron ore sintering process, Metalurgija, 51, 187 Caneghem, 2010, Improving eco-efficiency in the steel industry: the ArcelorMittal Gent case, J. Clean. Prod., 18, 807, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.12.016 Das, 1997, Iron and steel manufacturing technologies in India: estimation of CO2 emission, Int. J. Energ. Res., 21, 1187, 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(19971010)21:12<1187::AID-ER320>3.0.CO;2-Y Deutscher, 1997 EN ISO 14040, 2006 Frischknecht, 2007 Giannetti, 2013, An emergy-based evaluation of a reverse logistics network for steel recycling, J. Clean. Prod., 46, 48, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.05.024 Gielen, 2002, CO2 emission reduction for Japanese petrochemicals, J. Clean. Prod., 10, 589, 10.1016/S0959-6526(01)00056-7 Goedkoop, 2009, ReCiPe 2008-A Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method Which Comprises Harmonised Category Indicators at the Midpoint and the Endpoint Level Hu, 2006, Emission mitigation of CO2 in steel industry: current status and future scenarios, J. Iron Steel Res. Int., 13, 38, 10.1016/S1006-706X(06)60107-6 Huang, 2010, Identification of main influencing factors of life cycle CO2 emissions from the integrated steelworks using sensitivity analysis, J. Clean. Prod., 18, 1052, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.02.010 Iosif, 2008, Process integrated modelling for steelmaking – life cycle inventory analysis, Environ. Impact Assess. Rev., 28, 429, 10.1016/j.eiar.2007.10.003 Iosif, 2010, Physicochemical modelling of the classical steelmaking route for life cycle inventory analysis, Int. J. LCA, 15, 304, 10.1007/s11367-010-0160-y IPCC, 2007 Lee, 2013, Existing and anticipated technology strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Korea’s petrochemical and steel industries, J. Clean. Prod., 40, 83, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.11.052 Nonhebel, 2005, Renewable energy and food supply: will there be enough land?, Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev., 9, 191, 10.1016/j.rser.2004.02.003 Norgate, 2004 Norgate, 2011 Norgate, 2007, Assessing the environmental impact of metal production processes, J. Clean. Prod., 15, 838, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.06.018 Ooi, 2011, The effect of charcoal combustion on iron-ore sintering performance and emission of persistent organic pollutants, Combust. Flame, 158, 979, 10.1016/j.combustflame.2011.01.020 PPS, 2012 Rynikiewicz, 2008, The climate change challenge and transitions for radical changes in the European steel industry, J. Clean. Prod., 16, 781, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.03.001 Sakamoto, 1999, Estimation of energy consumption for each process in the Japanese steel industry: a process analysis, Energ. Convers. Manage., 40, 1129, 10.1016/S0196-8904(99)00025-4 Sekine, 2009, CO2 reduction potentials by utilizing waste plastics in steel works, Int. J. LCA, 14, 122, 10.1007/s11367-008-0055-3 SimaPro Analyst Version 7.3 LCA Software and Database, PRé Consultants, The Netherlands. Available at: www.pre.nl (accessed 25.05.12.). Spengler, 1998, Development of a multiple criteria based decision support system for environmental assessment of recycling measures in the iron and steel making industry, J. Clean. Prod., 6, 37, 10.1016/S0959-6526(97)00048-6 Śliwińska, 2012, Reducing life-cycle environmental impacts of coal-power by using coal-mine methane, Int. J. Energ. Res. The ReCiPe Methodology. http://www.lcia-recipe.net/ (accessed 25.05.12.). Yellishetty, 2011, The steel industry, abiotic resource depletion and life cycle assessment: a real or perceived issue?, J. Clean. Prod., 19, 78, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.08.020 Zhang, 2009, Emergy evaluation of the sustainability of Chinese steel production during 1998–2004, J. Clean. Prod., 17, 1030, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.02.014 Zhang, 2012, CO2 emission reduction within Chinese iron and steel industry: practices, determinants and performance, J. Clean. Prod., 33, 167, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.04.012