Emission Factor

Gold (silver-gold mine operation with refinery)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'gold' is a metal. It is soft and yellow it is the most ductile and malleable of the metals. Refined gold has a purity of 99.50% and it is a transition metal. It is the direct product of mining beneficiation and smelting gold ore after being mined and beneficiated while it is the by-product of platinum group metals extraction and refinery operations. 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 cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameGold (silver-gold mine operation with refinery)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMining
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2002
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6

API Reference

Activity ID
mining-type_gold_silver_gold_mine_operation_with_refinery
UUID
f6b7b432-efa1-482e-9214-a8d0b98d4f03
Code Snippet
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