Gold-silver - ingot (gold-silver mine operation and beneficiation)
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The activity generating the emissions is gold-silver mine operation and beneficiation. The Reference Product is gold-silver, ingot. Gold-silver, ingot is a metal. It is a mix of gold, silver and other impurities. They are both transition metals. It is the direct poduct of smelting gold and silver ore concentrate, after being mined and beneficiated. It is in a form of ingots. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: jewelery manufacturing, metal alloys, in nanoparticles for biotechnology and biomedical field. 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/10746/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Gold-silver - ingot (gold-silver mine operation and beneficiation) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Mining |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2012 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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