China's iron and steel industry has developed rapidly over the past two decades. The annual crude steel production is nearly half of the global production, and approximately 90% of the steel is produced via BF-BOF route that is energy-intensive. Based on the practice of integrated steelmaking...

The article aims at ascertaining the relationship between indicators affecting the green economic growth of the Eurozone countries. Despite extensive research, scientists have not yet found a clear answer as to whether economic growth and climate change mitigation can be aligned. Another...

Metal extraction and smelting cause considerable impacts on the environment. Consumption-based impact accounting highlights the responsibility of metal-consuming industries for the impacts and may drive a system-wide improvement in the structure of related supply chains. To drive the...

Nach Faktor 10 ("Wieviel Umwelt braucht der Mensch?", BA 6/97) und MIPS ("Das MIPS-Konzept", BA 7/98) hatte auch "Der ökologische Rucksack" (BA 9/04) den Ressourcenverbrauch bzw. die Ökoeffizienz von Materialien und Dienstleistungen zum Thema. Schmidt-Bleek, Prof. für Chemie und heute Leiter...

Spain is on a path toward the decarbonization of the economy. This is mainly due to structural changes in the economy, where less energy-intensive sectors are gaining more relevance, and due to a higher use of less carbon-intensive primary energy products. This decarbonization trend is in fact...