Manganese (production)

The activity generating the emissions is manganese production. The Reference Product is manganese. Manganese is a metal. It is silver-grey, hard and very brittle, resembling iron and it is a transition metal. It is a direct product of electrothermal decomposition. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: in metallurgical sector for beverage cans and siding, additive in molten aluminium in briquette (typically 75% manganese, 25% aluminium), steel production, etc. 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/10039/documentation