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New Perspectives on China's Aluminium Utilization and Development
Author(s) -
LI Xin,
ZHANG Xiang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.12373_15
Subject(s) - china , zhàng , library science , citation , history , political science , engineering , computer science , archaeology
Aluminum is a widely used fundamental material and is imperative for industrial and economic development. Due to the combination of various properties such as its high strength, light weight, good malleability, and high corrosion resistance (Chen Weiqiang et al.,2012). As a direct result of its outstanding economic performance in recent years, China is now the biggest aluminum user in the world and is becoming the main driver of the overall global aluminum usage (Griswold, 2007). In the meantime, waste management and sustainable products policy, reduction of the primary resource use became the focus points of China. So the secondary aluminum will become an important means of aluminum resource supply security in China. This study focuses not only on the supply and demand of aluminum, but also on the use of aluminum scrap.