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Gold - unrefined (treatment of sulfidic tailing - off-site - high gold content)

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Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'gold unrefined' is a metal. It is soft and yellow and it is the most ductile and malleable of the metals. Unrefined gold has a purity of 60-95% and it is a transition metal. It is the direct product of mining beneficiation and smelting. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: coinage ornaments jewellery gilding textile industry electronics for high conductivity and suppressing secondary emissions gold-plated grid wire etc. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

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NameGold - unrefined (treatment of sulfidic tailing - off-site - high gold content)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Year
2012
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

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