Emission Factor

Gold - unrefined (gold mine operation and gold production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is gold mine operation and gold production, unrefined. 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/20299/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameGold - unrefined (gold mine operation and gold production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
metals-type_gold_unrefined_gold_mine_operation_and_gold_production_unrefined
UUID
d8e43ad8-62b8-4ac8-98e2-3dd069f1a5b3
Code Snippet
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