The adoption of legislation on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been mandatory in developed countries for the past 35 years. The 21st century is the …
The iron and steel industry (ISI) is important for socio-economic progress but emits greenhouse gases and air pollutants detrimental to climate and human health. Understanding its historical …
Summary. Land use change driven by mining is a major environmental concern, affecting ecology and local populations via habitat destruction, water use, and pollution. The …
Abstract. Biogeochemical cycling of iron is crucial to many environmental processes, such as ocean productivity, carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and the fate of nutrients, toxic metals ...
In 2008, concerns about possible environmental impacts of iron fertilization, such as toxic algal blooms and damaged marine ecosystems, prompted the United Nations Convention on Biological ...
At process level, we analyzed environmental impacts per ton of iron ore/steel produced. At country level, environmental impacts associated to the total …
Environmental impact of steel production Mining of iron ore. The main ingredient in the production of steel is iron ore mined from Earth. Over 2,000 million tons of iron ore is …
Environmental, social and governance pressures should feature in future scenario planning about the transition to a low carbon future. As low-carbon energy …
Iron ions are attracted to electrodes that can be powered by renewable electricity. Sheets of pure iron emerge at the end of the process. ... an environmental scientist at Tsinghua University, says simpler …
Iron is an integral part of the natural environment and many important chemical reactions involve changes in iron that are caused by an electron being transferred to the iron from other minerals, water or …
