The Development Scenarios and Environmental Impacts of China's Aluminum Industry: Implications of Import and Export Transition.

ABSTRACT: Aluminum is widely used in buildings, transportation, and home appliances. However, primary aluminum production is a resource, energy, and emission-intensive industrial process. As the world's largest aluminum producer, the aluminum industry (ALD) in China faces tremendous pressure on environmental protection. This study combines material flow analysis and scenario analysis to investigate the potential of resource conservation, energy saving, and emission reduction for China's ALD under the import and export trade transition. The results show China's per capita aluminum stock will follow a logistic curve to reach 415 kg/capita by 2030. However, unlike the continued build-up of stocks, domestic demand for aluminum will peak at 44 million tons (MT) in 2025 and fall to 36 MT in 2030. The scen

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422947 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature