Assessment of environmental aspects in a metallurgical enterprise

The publication characterises the quantity and quality methods applied in the assessment of the environmental aspects. The method of cumulated environmental loads is particularly interesting, where the network of process connections within an enterprise and between it and the surrounding (the co-operation of the enterprise with the suppliers of resources and materials, the networks of energy resources and distributors of products or other contributors in the chain of added value. The paper finishes with an example presenting the methodological assessment of the environmental aspects in the metallurgical enterprise.