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Gold - unrefined (zinc mine operation)

123.45

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The activity generating the emissions is zinc mine operation. The reference product is gold, unrefined. 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 reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/21605/documentation.

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NameGold - unrefined (zinc mine operation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Year
2012
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: ae5ff445-7538-497e-a444-3d880e4168b6

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