Future environmental impacts of global iron and steel production
Carina Harpprecht, Romain Sacchi, Tobias Naegler, Mariësse A.E. van Sluisveld, Vassilis Daioglou, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard Steubing
Abstract
Future iron and steel production is likely to consume large shares of the carbon budget, even under optimistic decarbonization scenarios. Electrifying steel production has co-benefits but may cause trade-offs in other environmental impact categories.
Topics & Concepts
Production (economics)Natural resource economicsEnvironmental scienceBusinessEconomicsMacroeconomicsExtraction and Separation ProcessesEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityIron and Steelmaking Processes