Emission Factor

Iron ore concentrate (iron ore beneficiation)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is iron ore beneficiation. The reference product is iron ore concentrate. Iron ore concentrate is a metal. It has a 66.15% iron content, which is a transition metal. It is the direct product from mining and beneficiation and a by-product of rare earth element mine operation and beneficiation. It is in a form of powder. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: further processing at sinter and pellet plants for iron and steel production. 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/19700/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameIron ore concentrate (iron ore beneficiation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1998
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_iron_ore_concentrate_iron_ore_beneficiation
UUID
fa0c45e6-1a8c-4eae-aac5-09a64e5e4a43
Code Snippet
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