Australia

China

India

Kazakhstan

Mexico

Peru

Rest-of-World

United States of America (the)

Sulfidic tailings - from zinc-lead mine operation (treatment of sulfidic tailings - from zinc-lead mine operation - tailings impoundment)

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Brazil

Canada

Switzerland

Cyprus

Czechia

Germany

Denmark

Estonia

Spain

Finland

France

United Kingdom

Greece

Croatia

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

Italy

Korea, Republic of

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Latvia

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Central Asia and Pacific Asia, Oceania, Antarctica

East Europe and Iceland

Africa except Egypt and South Africa

Latin America except Brazil

Middle East, Asia and Egypt

Russian Federation (the)

Sweden

Slovenia

Slovakia

Taiwan (Province of China)

South Africa

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Other waste for treatment: waste water treatment

Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Colombia

Iceland

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Serbia

Kosovo

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Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'sulfidic tailings from zinc-lead mine operation' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in zinc-lead mine operation. 'sulfidic tailings from zinc-lead mine operation' contain the following fractions: 100% zinc-lead mining sulfidic tailings. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'sulfidic tailings from zinc-lead mine operation' has 30% water on wet mass basis (70% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (0.88% on a dry matter basis). It has no heating value. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated from ordinary transforming activities and as such can be considered for modelling waste outputs of comparable composition.  In the ecoinvent database treatment option/s for this by-product include: deposition (impoundment tailings impoundment). Based on the aforementioned treatments this by-product receives it is a hazardous waste.  This by-product can be modelled on two levels: treatment activity and market activity. The former one refers to the specific technology treating the by-product while the latter level represents a mix of treatments. Users are encouraged to inspect the modelling assumptions of the treatment activities and when selecting the market to additionally inspect the treatment mix.  Collection and transportation of this by-product is accounted in the respective market activity users are advised to inspect and modify the average transportation distances for a case specific modelling.  The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is -1.

Property	Value
Name	Sulfidic tailings - from zinc-lead mine operation (treatment of sulfidic tailings - from zinc-lead mine operation - tailings impoundment)
Sector	Waste
Category	Waste Management
Source	ecoinvent
Region	Australia (AU), China (CN), India (IN), Kazakhstan (KZ), Mexico (MX), Peru (PE), Rest-of-World (RoW), United States of America (the) (US)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2015
LCA Activity	Refer to source

Sulfidic tailings - from zinc-lead mine operation (treatment of sulfidic tailings - from zinc-lead mine operation - tailings impoundment)

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