Emission Factor

Gold-silver - ingot (gold-silver mine operation and beneficiation)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'gold-silver ingot' is a metal. It is a mix of gold silver and other impurities. They are both transition metals. It is the direct poduct of smelting gold and silver ore concentrate after being mined and beneficiated. It is in a form of ingots. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: jewelery manufacturing metal alloys in nanoparticles for biotechnology and biomedical field. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameGold-silver - ingot (gold-silver mine operation and beneficiation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMining
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6

API Reference

Activity ID
mining-type_gold_silver_ingot_gold_silver_mine_operation_and_beneficiation
UUID
aaa6dcf1-5c88-44b1-a627-d7e400d80da7
Code Snippet
View API Docs

Automate emission calculations with Climatiq

Get started

Related factors

ecoinvent Emission Factors

Explore All

Mining Emission Factors

Explore All