Gold - unrefined (gold mine operation and gold production)
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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/20542/documentation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Gold - unrefined (gold mine operation and gold production) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Metals |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2012 |
| Year Released | 2024 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1 |
LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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