Cradletogate life cycle assessment of global manganese ...
Keywords Greenhousegasemissions .LCA .Manganese . Mining .Smelting .Steel 1 Introduction Manganese plays a critical supporting role in a variety of appliions: as an essential nutrient for processing fats, car bohydrates, and protein; as a component of batteries, chemicals, and fertilizers; and as an alloying element in steel, aluminum,andcopperproduction(IMnI 2015).Approximately ...