Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Road and Multimodal Transportation Options: A Case Study of Copperwood Mine Project

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• Creators:
  Kalluri, Sumanth ; Lautala, Pasi ; Handler, Robert
• Corporate Creators:
  Michigan Technological University. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ; National University Rail Center (NURail)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Life cycle analysis
  • Life cycle costing
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Environmental impact analysis
  • Intermodal services
  • Truck routes
  • Natural resources
  • Life cycle analysis
  • Life cycle costing
  • Greenhouse gases
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NURail2015-MTU-R13
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Michigan ; United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  01676951
• Corporate Publisher:
  National University Rail Center (NURail)
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Planning and Policy ; NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Economics and Finance
• Abstract:
  The economic costs of developing an infrastructure have long been factored into the project costs, but environmental and/or social impacts have received less attention. In addition, alternative transportation modes are rarely compared from both economic and environmental perspectives. This project uses a case study to assess the environmental impacts (emissions) of different transportation options for transporting ore between a planned copper mine (Copperwood, MI) and a processing plant (White Pine, MI), and concentrate from the processing plant to an intermediate location (Escanaba, MI). The ore transportation options include a truck only option and two multimodal (truck-rail) options, while the concentrate transportation options include truck only, rail only and one multimodal (truck-rail) options.
• Content Notes:
  Grant No. DTRT12-G-UTC18
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36637/dot_36637_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 508.72 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a41ee639bf40bc04c37f77639c4036b7b810645d75f212e29d33b4a65b406a66