Cobalt Institute LCA Data
Cobalt Institute LCA Data
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Data set: Cobalt, refined (metal) (00.00.001)

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Full name
Cobalt, refined (metal); mining, beneficiation, primary extraction, refining, transport; production mix, at plant; 99.8% cobalt
Location
GLO
Reference year
2019
Valid until
2025
Reference flow(s)
Type
LCI result
Parameterized?
no
LCIA results included?
no
Category
Materials production / Other materials
Synonyms
CAS 7440-48-4
Use advice for data set
The data set represents a [FOR AGG PROCESSES, PLEASE WRITE "cradle to gate", FOR P-AGG, PLEASE WRITE "partly aggregated cradle to gate"] inventory. It can be used to characterise the supply chain situation of the respective commodity in a representative manner. Combination with individual unit processes using this commodity enables the generation of user-specific (product) LCAs.
Data set use approval
No official approval by producer or operator
General comment
This study assesses the cradle-to-gate impacts of the production of cobalt products based on a global production and technology mix. The study considers surface and underground mining of both sulphidic and lateritic ore as well as both pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processing routes. To ensure the technological representativeness production data were gathered from the Cobalt Institute’s participating members and non-members.
LCI Method Principle
Attributional
LCI Method Approaches
  • Allocation - market value
  • Allocation - net calorific value
  • Allocation - mass
  • Allocation - exergetic content
Completeness of product model
All relevant flows quantified
Reviews
  • Dependent internal review by
    Data quality indicators
    • Overall quality: Good - 2.0
    • Methodological appropriateness and consistency: Good - 2.0
    • Precision: Good - 2.0
    • Completeness: Good - 2.0
    • Geographical representativeness: Very good - 1.0
    • Time representativeness: Very good - 1.0
    • Technological representativeness: Very good - 1.0
  • Independent external review by
License and access conditions
Copyright
yes
License type
Other
Access information
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Owner of data set
Sphera Solutions GmbH
Technical purpose
Intermediate and refined cobalt materials are used in various sectors and applications such as batteries, catalysts, magnets, nickel alloys, pigments, tool materials and others.
Input Products
No records found.
Co-Products
No records found.
Data set version
00.00.001
Time stamp (last saved)
2023-03-01T00:00:00.000
Data set format
Compliance systems
  • GHG Protocol Product Standard (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
  • ILCD Data Network - Entry-level (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
  • ISO 14025 Ecolabels (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
  • ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
  • ISO 14046 Water Footprint (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
  • ISO 14067 Carbon Footprint and ISO 14068 Carbon Footprint of Companies (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
  • ISO 14072 Organizational LCA (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
  • Sphera LCA Databases Modelling Principles (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
Tag
Registered in
Registry nameBase URLStatus
GLADhttps://www.globallcadataaccess.org/
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