Copper - cathode (treatment of copper scrap by electrolytic refining)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'copper cathode' is a metal. Copper is soft malleable and ductile with red colour and it is a transition metal. It is a direct product of the joint production of gold silver copper lead and zinc or from the electrorefinery of copper anode. It is also a by-product from metal mining and alloy production activities. It is in form of shapes and ingots. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: metal rods wire and casting motors valves and insulated cables variety of other products used in the automobiles commercial buildings residential housing etc. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.