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Cadmium flows caused by the worldwide production of primary zinc metal [1]

Material flows of the economic cycle can contain toxic substances, which enter the economy as impurities in raw materials or are intentionally added as minor or even main constituents during the manufacture of industrial or consumer goods. Cadmium, predominantly associated with zinc minerals, is a by-product of the primary zinc production.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Matthias Achternbosch [2], Christel Kupsch [3], Gerhard Sardemann & et al [4]
Journal of Industrial Ecology [5]
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Tags:
Pollution [6], Mining [7], Zinc [8], Heavy Metals [9], Waste Disposal [10], Global [11]
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