Emission Factor

Mine infrastructure - phosphate rock (mine construction)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is mine construction, phosphate rock. The Reference Product is mine infrastructure, phosphate rock. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a mine infrastructure, phosphate rock. The infrastructure represents a small size plant with 20,000 m2 per Mt annual production of beneficiated phosphate rock and a lifetime of 20 years. The process includes mining equipment, equipment for beneficiation, buildings for beneficiation plant, land use of processing pant. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/9901/documentation

PropertyValue
NameMine infrastructure - phosphate rock (mine construction)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1994
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_mine_infrastructure_phosphate_rock_mine_construction_phosphate_rock
UUID
18a53499-61a9-4f6b-9369-35755776718e
Code Snippet
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