Emission Factor

Copper concentrate - sulfide ore (copper mine operation and beneficiation)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is copper mine operation and beneficiation, sulfide ore. The reference product is copper concentrate, sulfide ore. Copper concentrate, sulfide ore is a metal. It has a 29.63% copper content, which is a transition metal. It is the direct product from mining and beneficiation and a by-product of smelting and refining of nickel concentrate. It is in a form of powder. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: production of copper metal. 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/22908/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameCopper concentrate - sulfide ore (copper mine operation and beneficiation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1994
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: e1ba91a0-968d-4297-9a59-e13392eb5112

API Reference

Activity ID
metals-type_copper_concentrate_sulfide_ore_copper_mine_operation_and_beneficiation_sulfide_ore
UUID
967a223e-977b-451f-b4fd-2e430c409670
Code Snippet
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