Examining Energy and Environment Issues in Non-ferrous Metallurgy in the Light of Industrial Metabolism

This paper examines the dissipative nature of non-ferrous metals industry against the idea of industrial metabolism that encompasses, for the sake of sustainable development, values, ideas such as Materials Flow Analysis, Environmental Impact Analysis, Estimation of Environmental Footprint etc. Although the industry is now far away from the dream of „green‟ technologies, it is discussed that a beginning has to be made now by analyzing present day processes critically from the iewpoint of materials and energy flow and this should be a mandatory part of Corporate Social Responsibility