Cradle to Consumer
Identity ID
02cd00bc-8a40-496b-90ef-86a2e500cd9a
Materials
Associated ID
d578e3b7-df07-4568-9729-5ce118f289fb
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Description
This dataset is a market dataset representing the consumption market of the region. The dataset includes the transport of the product from the gate to the consumption end, and the transport service is calculated based on the transport situation of the product in the region. The product represented by this dataset is gold, a high-purity precious metal element, golden yellow in colour, with extremely high ductility and toughness, outstanding chemical stability, and resistance to corrosion and oxidation; it is a fundamental material and important strategic resource indispensable to the national economy, defence industry, and scientific and technological development. The product is extracted and produced by the cyanide leaching recovery process, with the upstream raw material being gold-loaded carbon; downstream it is mainly used in jewellery processing and precious metal value preservation and reserve, and is also widely used in industries such as electronics and electrical engineering, aerospace, precision instrument manufacturing, dental and medical care, and chemical catalysis. High-purity gold and gold-based materials also play an irreplaceable and critical role in low-carbon frontier technology fields such as highly reliable microelectronic packaging, optoelectronic devices, and selective catalysis. The dataset includes the main raw and auxiliary materials, energy and waste of the production process; infrastructure such as production equipment manufacturing and plant construction is not included within the dataset boundary; the data inventory is formed by merging data from multiple sources.
Activity Description
The entire production process includes the cyanide leaching recovery stage, covering the process of obtaining gold from gold-loaded carbon.
Process Description
Gold is a golden precious metal with extremely high ductility and toughness, outstanding chemical stability, and is not easily corroded and oxidized. It is considered a basic material and an important strategic resource necessary for the development of the national economy, defense industry, and science and technology. Gold is mainly used in jewelry and value-preserving reserves, followed by electronic and electrical fields (bonding gold wires, connectors, gold plating), aerospace and precision instruments, as well as dentistry and chemical catalysis. At the same time, high-purity gold and gold-based materials also play an irreplaceable key role in emerging low-carbon cutting-edge technologies such as highly reliable microelectronic packaging, optoelectronic devices and selective catalysis.
Time period
2021
2026
Geography
China,Shaanxi
Geography comment
Generated by merging multiple data sets in this geographical location.
Macroeconomic value
Business-as-Usual
Data validation
Yes
Technology
Current Technology
Technology comment
The gold-loaded carbon is eluted to desorb the gold adsorbed on the carbon surface from the carbon to form a concentrated gold solution; then, the gold solution is sent to the electrolytic cell, and the gold is deposited on the cathode through electrowinning to form electrolytic gold.