Argentina

Australia

Brazil

Canada

China

Colombia

Kazakhstan

Mexico

Peru

Papua New Guinea

Rest-of-World

Russian Federation (the)

United States of America (the)

Sulfidic tailings - from gold mine operation (market for sulfidic tailings - from gold mine operation)

Albania

Austria

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belgium

Bulgaria

Quebec, CA

Switzerland

Cyprus

Czechia

Germany

Denmark

Estonia

Spain

Finland

France

United Kingdom

Greece

Croatia

Hungary

Ireland

India

Iceland

Italy

Japan

Korea, Republic of

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Latvia

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Sweden

Slovenia

Slovakia

Türkiye

Taiwan (Province of China)

Kosovo

Municipal solid waste (market for municipal solid waste)

South Africa

Waste glass (market for waste glass)

Waste graphical paper (market for waste graphical paper)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'sulfidic tailings from gold mine operation' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in gold mine operation. 'sulfidic tailings from gold mine operation' contain the following fractions: 100% gold mining sulfidic tailings. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'sulfidic tailings from gold 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 market activity. The reference product amount is -1.

Property	Value
Name	Sulfidic tailings - from gold mine operation (market for sulfidic tailings - from gold mine operation)
Sector	Waste
Category	Waste Product
Source	ecoinvent
Region	Argentina (AR), Australia (AU), Brazil (BR), Canada (CA), China (CN), Colombia (CO), Kazakhstan (KZ), Mexico (MX), Peru (PE), Papua New Guinea (PG) View all 13 regions
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2015
LCA Activity	Refer to source

Sulfidic tailings - from gold mine operation (market for sulfidic tailings - from gold mine operation)

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