Zircon (heavy mineral sand quarry operation and titania slag production)

The activity generating the emissions is heavy mineral sand quarry operation and titania slag production. The Reference Product is zircon. Zircon is a mineral. Zircon (zircon sand), or zirconium silicate, is the main commercial zirconium mineral and it is a transition metal. It is the direct product of mining and mineral separation activities and a by-product of titania slag production. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: ceramic, refractory and foundry industries, production of hafnium sponge and zirconium sponge. 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/20602/documentation