Zircon (heavy mineral sand quarry operation)

The activity generating the emissions is heavy mineral sand quarry operation. 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/5657/documentation