As part of three years of research and development in the European ALIGN-CCUS project, a CCU demonstration plant was erected at the lignite-fired block K of the RWE power plant at Niederaussem, Germany. It was the aim to demonstrate the full chain of CCU - beginning with the capture of CO2 from...

Copper is, due to its divergent properties, a popular metal. Nevertheless, from the ecological point of view, processing of copper has some drawbacks. For example, copper ores contain elements, like sulphur, which could be damaging. Recently, global copper-demand increased, mainly due to rising...

This study assesses the future carbon dioxide emissions in the global material flow of primary aluminium. The model of the global aluminium industry (GlobAl model) is used for scenario calculations. It simulates a market economy and allows an integrated analysis of the material flow and the...