Emission Factor

Non-ferrous metal smelter (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for non-ferrous metal smelter. The Reference Product is non-ferrous metal smelter. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a non-ferrous metal smelter. The infrastructrure represents aluminium and iron production processes with an input of 6,750,000 tons ore concentrate and an output of 2,650,000 tons metal per year. It has a lifetime of 50 years. The process includes facilities for roasting, electrolysis and for the blast furnace and converter processes. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/132/documentation

PropertyValue
NameNon-ferrous metal smelter (market for)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_non_ferrous_metal_smelter_market_for_non_ferrous_metal_smelter
UUID
5cda8964-05aa-49e8-95df-dbbea4a450a3
Code Snippet
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