Past LCA Related Projects and Publications

Managing Carbon in the Process Metallurgy of the Future; Roderick Guthrie Honorary Symposium on Process Metallurgy; Montreal, Canada

Biomass Pyrolysis as a Source of Renewable Carbon and Energy in Steelmaking; Physical Chemistry of Sustainable Metals; Richard J. Fruehan Symposium, Pittsburgh PA, USA

Bluescope Steel

• Paint Containers; LCA of the manufacture and recycling of 4 litre paint containers made from HDPE, PP, PET and tinplate.

• Rain Water Tanks; cradle to grave LCA of 5000 litres water tanks made from plastic, concrete and steel.

• BHP Flat Products Division Port Kembla Steelworks & Typical NSW Family Household; LCA comparison of environmental impacts of Port Kembla Steelworks compared to a typical NSW family household.

• Roofing; LCA comparison between colorbond, concrete tiles, terracotta tiles and aluminium roofing systems.

• Life Without Steel, Tinplate Packaging; LCA perspective of the environmental implication of replacing tinplate with other packaging materials.

• Steel Application, Fencing; LCA comparisons of colorbond, timber, timber fence with galvanised steel posts and brick fence.

OneSteel

• GreenStar Rating System Related to Hot Rolled Structural Steels; paper submitted to the Green Building Council of Australia presenting key issues surrounding the inclusion of the percentage of post consumer recycled content of steel as part of the GreenStar rating system.

• Recovery of Structural and Reinforcing Steels; assessing the recovery and recycling rates of structural steel sections and reinforcing steels from demolition of commercial buildings in Australia.

• Environmental Impacts of Transporting Steel; LCA perspective of the environmental impacts associated with transporting steel products and scrap and examining the option of processing all scrap domestically.

• Whyalla Steelworks and Mines; cradle to gate LCA.

• Whyalla Steelworks and Mines; cradle to gate LCA, Annual update.

• Sydney Steel Mill; cradle to gate LCA.

• Sydney Steel Mill; cradle to gate LCA, Annual update.

• Sydney Steel Mill; cradle to gate LCA, Annual update.

• Sydney Steel Mill; cradle to gate LCA, Annual update.

• Sydney Steel Mill; cradle to gate LCA, Annual update.

• Sydney Steel Mill LCA Overview; LCA perspectives of five year performance.

• Newcastle Bar Mill; cradle to gate LCA.

• Newcastle Bar Mill; cradle to gate LCA, Annual update.

• Newcastle Rod Mill; cradle to gate LCA.

• Newcastle Rod Mill; cradle to gate LCA, Annual update.

• Newcastle Wire Mill; cradle to gate LCA.

• Newcastle Wire Mill; cradle to gate LCA, Annual update.

• Pipe & Tube Newcastle; cradle to gate LCA.

• Somerton Pipe & Tube; cradle to gate LCA.

• Somerton Pipe & Tube; cradle to gate LCA, Annual update.

• Structural Steel Products; LCI summary of OneSteel structural steel products including angles, beams, channels, flats, rounds, reinforcing bar and mesh, stress relieved concrete strand, universal beams and columns, welded beams and columns, DuraGal®, Tubeline® and GalTube® sections; cradle to gate LCA.

• Allocation Procedures Relevant to Life Cycle Assessment, contribution to the Australian National LCI Data base.

Australian Steel Institute

• A Lifecycle Perspective on Steel Building Materials.

• The Environmental Sustainability of Steel Building Materials – A Discussion Paper.

Orica Mining Services

• Opportunities for Low Carbon Energy and Material Inputs to Orica Mining Services Operations

Citic Pacific Mining

• Life Cycle Assessment of the production of Magnetite concentrate and pellets.

SITA Resourceco

• Life Cycle Assessment of Process Engineered Fuels, Third Party Report.

Southern Oil Refinery

• Life Cycle Assessment of the Lorex Used Oil Refining Process.

Mag Net, Magnetite Network

• Implications for the Australian Magnetite Industry of the Introduction of a Price/Tax on Carbon; Independent Report for Policymakers.