Lead (primary production from concentrate)

The activity generating the emissions is primary lead production from concentrate. The Reference Product is lead. Lead is a metal. It is soft and maleable heavy metal, with a metalic grey appearance and it is a post-transition metal. It is the direct product from mining and beneficiation and a by-product from gold mine operation and mining. It is in a bullion form. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: batteries, pigments manufacturing, glass and ceramics production, as a additive in paints, as plastic stabilizer, electrical and telecommunication cables and wires, metal alloys, gasoline additive, shot and ammunition substance, 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/10760/documentation