Emission Factor

Zinc concentrate (silver mine operation with extraction)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'zinc concentrate' is a metal. It has a 59% zinc content which is a transition metal. It is the direct product from mining and beneficiation and a by-product of gold-silver mine operation and beneficiation. It is in a form of powder. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: most often as input to zinc smelting either electrometallurgical smelting or the less common pyrometallurgical smelting. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameZinc concentrate (silver mine operation with extraction)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: 63d2a6b3-e058-44c8-81ae-9124ef17f131

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_zinc_concentrate_silver_mine_operation_with_extraction
UUID
d9db3f4a-de29-4550-a51a-478614b50949
Code Snippet
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