Emission Factor

Sulfidic tailing - off-site - high gold content (Recycled Content cut-off)

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The activity generating the emissions is sulfidic tailing, off-site, high gold content, Recycled Content cut-off. The Reference Product is sulfidic tailing, off-site, high gold content. Sulfidic tailing, off-site, high gold content is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in gold mine operation production. sulfidic tailing, off-site, high gold content contain the following fractions: 100% sulfidic tailings with high gold content. By the database default (and per unit of reference product),sulfidic tailing, off-site, high gold content has 30% water on wet mass basis (70% dry matter) and it has no Carbon content. It has no heating value. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated from ordinary transforming activities, and as such can be considered for modelling waste outputs of comparable composition. In the ecoinvent database, this by-product is used in the following processes: treatment of sulfidic tailing, off-site, high gold content. This by-product can be modelled on two levels: treatment activity and market activity. The former one refers to the specific technology treating the by-product while the latter level represents a mix of treatments. Users are encouraged to inspect the modelling assumptions of the treatment activities and when selecting the market to additionally inspect the treatment mix. Collection and transportation of this by-product is accounted in the respective market activity, users are advised to inspect and modify the average transportation distances for a case specific modelling. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/26801/documentation

PropertyValue
NameSulfidic tailing - off-site - high gold content (Recycled Content cut-off)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2025
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste-type_sulfidic_tailing_off_site_high_gold_content_sulfidic_tailing_off_site_high_gold_content_recycled_content_cut_off-disposal_method_recycling
UUID
ba508eb5-c41c-4c65-82fd-3dda01d47d8a
Code Snippet
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