Emission Factor

Non-ferrous metal smelter (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for non-ferrous metal smelter. The reference product is non-ferrous metal smelter. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a non-ferrous metal smelter. The infrastructrure represents aluminium and iron production processes with an input of 6,750,000 tons ore concentrate and an output of 2,650,000 tons metal per year. It has a lifetime of 50 years. The process includes facilities for roasting, electrolysis and for the blast furnace and converter processes. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/132/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameNon-ferrous metal smelter (market for)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/number
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_non_ferrous_metal_smelter_market_for_non_ferrous_metal_smelter
UUID
9b67573d-7bf8-4a9e-a0fe-da87f0f70c80
Code Snippet
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