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

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product dysprosium is a lanthanide a rare earth element that is predominatly obtained from the ion adsorption clays of southern China - representing approximately 99% of world production - as a by-product of yttrium extraction. Dysprosium oxide (Dy2O3) is most commonly used in the production of laser materials and commercial lighting as well as for permanent magnets used in electric car motors and wind turbine generators. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.