Glossary

environmental metallurgy & sustainable material science

A new approach to materials science, which analyzes the relationship between materials and the environment and society, i.e. the ecosphere and the anthroposphere. It incorporates an industrial ecology dimension and calls on disciplines such as economics and foresight.

steel production route; filière de production d'acier

A set of production techniques (processes) used consistently in a steel mill to transform primary raw materials (iron ore) or secondary raw materials (scrap) into steel products. A steel mill in the United States or steel works in Great Britain generally uses a single process, except in the case of very large plants, which may use several. A steel mill markets steel products, which require further processing to be integrated into end-use...