Cradle to Consumer
Identity ID
df32b73f-4144-421f-8fd2-f4bd6c600bfc
Materials
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c948fc48-50a1-41ff-8352-03bd12dcc05c
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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 electrolytic nickel, a high-purity terminal metal product obtained by purifying high-nickel matte through the full leaching-electrowinning process. Its core characteristics are significant: it has a silver-white metallic appearance, with excellent mechanical strength, ductility and high chemical stability, and is not easily corroded or oxidized. It is an essential basic material and important strategic material for the national economy, national defense industry and scientific and technological development. The upstream and downstream industry chains are closely connected: the upstream core raw material is high-nickel matte, and the leaching-electrowinning process consumes auxiliary materials such as leaching agents, purifying agents, electrolytic additives, acid solutions, and process water; the downstream application fields are wide, mainly used in the steelmaking industry, followed by the alloy field, electroplating field and casting field; at the same time, high-purity electrolytic nickel plays an irreplaceable key role in emerging low-carbon frontier technologies such as geothermal energy development, electrolytic hydrogen storage, and power batteries, and can be used to manufacture power battery cathode materials, core components of high-end energy storage equipment and other terminal products, broadly supporting the development of metallurgy, new energy, electronics, national defense, aerospace and other key industrial fields, making it the core terminal product of the nickel industry value chain. The entire production process focuses on the leaching-electrowinning stage, covering the entire high-purity conversion process from the input of high-nickel matte to the output of the electrolytic nickel product. The entire production process focuses on the grinding-flotation-electrolysis stage, covering the entire high-purity conversion process from the input of copper-nickel mixed concentrate and high-nickel matte to the output of the electrolytic nickel product. The dataset includes the main raw and auxiliary materials, energy and waste of the production process, while 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 leaching and electrowinning process, covering the whole chain from high nickel matte to electrolytic nickel.
Process Description
Nickel is a silver-white metal with good mechanical strength and ductility, high chemical stability, and is not easily corroded and oxidized. It is considered a basic material and an important strategic material necessary for the development of the national economy, defense industry, and science and technology. Nickel metal is mainly used in the steelmaking industry, followed by the alloy field, electroplating field and casting field. At the same time, high-purity metallic nickel also plays an irreplaceable key role in emerging low-carbon cutting-edge technologies such as geothermal energy development, electrolytic hydrogen storage and power batteries.
Time period
2021
2026
Geography
China,Shandong
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
In the high-nickel matte leaching-electrowinning process, the matte is selectively leached to separate copper and nickel. The leachate is purified to remove cobalt, and the cobalt-free solution undergoes electrowinning to produce electrolytic nickel. The leaching residues are sent to the smelting system for recovery of copper and precious metals. The cobalt sulfate solution is further purified to produce cobalt products.