Renewable energy in the minerals industry: a review of global .
· Calculations using the production data for iron ore, steel, bauxite, alumina and aluminium (USGS, 2010; OECD, 2010), and the energy mix of countries involved in their production, as well as transport distance estimates (Fearn Research, 2005), can be used to estimate the impact of onsite processing of minerals that are currently shipped offshore .