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Archive: Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Data and Environmental Metrics

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2010

For over two decades, the International Aluminium Institute has collected global aluminium industry data for LCAs.

Since 1998 the IAI has published five Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) datasets and two Environmental Metrics Reports containing the evaluated potential impacts on ecosystems, humans and abiotic resources by primary aluminium production activities. The latest 2019 LCI is here.

Previous publications can be downloaded from this page.

2019 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) report and data. 2019 data has been slightly updated – please refer to the latest version.

2015 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Data and Environmental Metrics

2010 Environmental Metrics and Critical Review

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2010 Environmental metrics critical review
2015 LCI and environmental metrics report
2019 Life cycle inventory data

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