Lutetium oxide (rare earth oxides production - from rare earth carbonate concentrate)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Lutetium is a lanthanide, a rare earth element, that is predominatly obtained from the ion adsorption clays of southern China - representing approximately 98% of world production. Lutetium oxide (Lu2O3) has few commercial uses due to its high price and scarcity but can be as a catalyst in petroleum cracking or as a lens material in lithography. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.