Emission Factor

Copper - anode (smelting of copper concentrate - sulfide ore)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is smelting of copper concentrate, sulfide ore. The reference product is copper, anode. Copper, anode is a metal. It has a 99.75% copper content which is a transition metal. It is the direct product from copper smelting and a by-product from cobalt production. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: it is electrorefined to produce copper cathode. 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/23546/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameCopper - anode (smelting of copper concentrate - sulfide ore)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1994
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_copper_anode_smelting_of_copper_concentrate_sulfide_ore
UUID
e6dcd9ac-1d6c-41c8-916b-6c16eccc6616
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