Rare earth oxide concentrate - 50% reo (scandium oxide production - from rare earth tailings)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'rare earth oxide concentrate 50% REO' is a metal. It has a 50% rare earth oxide (REO) concentrate content of cerium lanthanum neodymium samarium europium and gadolinium. Cerium europium neodymium samarium praseodymium and gadolinium are Light Rare Earth Elements (LREE) while lanthanum is Heavy Rare Earth Element (HREE). It is the direct product from mining and beneficiation and a by-product from scandium oxide production. It is in a form of powder. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: production of rechargeable batteries for electric and hybrid cars advanced ceramics computers DVD players wind turbines catalysts in cars and oil refineries monitors televisions lighting lasers fiber optics superconductors and glass polishing. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.