| Title | Life cycle assessment of pig iron production from bauxite residue: A European case study |
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| ID_Doc | 23666 |
| Authors | Ma, Y; Pettersen, JB |
| Title | Life cycle assessment of pig iron production from bauxite residue: A European case study |
| Year | 2023 |
| Published | Journal Of Industrial Ecology, 27, 6 |
| Abstract | Large volumes of bauxite residue are generated when alumina is leached from bauxite ore, within 2-3 metric tons of bauxite residue per metric ton final aluminum. The large volumes make bauxite residue an interesting source for secondary materials, for instance iron. This paper assesses environmental impacts associated with extraction of pig iron from bauxite residue in Europe. The life cycle assessment is based on thermodynamic process simulation and compares pig iron from bauxite residue with conventional pig iron production. The results indicate that the iron extraction reduces impacts on mineral scarcity and offers an overall lower waste volume. However, it also increases the energy use and thereby the life cycle impacts associated with energy production. The bauxite residue process is operated in an electric arc furnace. Decarbonizing the electricity supply, or placing the process in primarily renewable electricity markets, changes the relative competitiveness of pig iron from bauxite residue, to a level where it offers lower endpoint impacts to ecosystems, human health, and resources, as well as improvements in policy-relevant midpoint impacts such as climate change. Comparing several bauxite residue mineralogies, the results show significant variation in the environmental performance between typical bauxite residues, yet a larger difference is observed when comparing with conventional pig iron production than among the bauxite residues. |
| https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jiec.13448 |
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