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Iron ore concentrate (scandium oxide production - from rare earth tailings)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is scandium oxide production, from rare earth tailings. 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/24789/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameIron ore concentrate (scandium oxide production - from rare earth tailings)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2020
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 3d97719d-ff6a-45f8-ac4f-7f5227a5a36b

API Reference

Activity ID
metals-type_iron_ore_concentrate_scandium_oxide_production_from_rare_earth_tailings
UUID
7a00067b-e398-48d9-a5a7-e8f29ac7c4ed
Code Snippet
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