Iron ore concentrate (niobium mine operation and beneficiation - from pyrochlore ore)

The activity generating the emissions is niobium mine operation and beneficiation, from pyrochlore ore. The reference product is iron ore concentrate. Iron ore concentrate is a metal. It has a 66.15% iron content, which is a transition metal. It is the direct product from mining and beneficiation and a by-product of rare earth element mine operation and beneficiation. It is in a form of powder. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: further processing at sinter and pellet plants for iron and steel production. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/24562/documentation.