Minerals and aggregates emission factors

Cement, lime, aggregates, stone and other mineral materials. From 9 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

Factors
2,834
Libraries
9
With their own page
31
Units with a page
kg · JPY · EUR
Largest library

1,485 factors, 52%

What the 31 factor pages say

One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.

CBAM embedded emissionsCradle to gateEPD totalCradle to distribution gateCradle to store gate

Per kg · 20 factor pages

Log scale: each gridline is 10 times the last
From 0.0078 (Construction - Aggregates - Primary material production, DESNZ) to 2.18 (Aluminous cement, EU CBAM) kgCO₂e per kg. 3 boundaries appear here, so part of the spread is what each factor counts, not a disagreement between publishers.

Per JPY · 5 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0
From 0.00122 (Stone mining and quarrying, Open CEDA) to 0.0114 (Asphalt paving mixture and block manufacturing, Open CEDA) kgCO₂e per JPY.

Per EUR · 2 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0
From 0.85 (Chemical and fertilizer minerals, salt and other mining and quarrying products n.e.c., EXIOBASE) to 13.1 (Cement, lime and plaster, EXIOBASE) kgCO₂e per EUR.

Per L · 2 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0.18
From 0.188 (Concrete C25/30 XC4 XF1 XA1 F3 16 M EcoPact, Mix code DA4234-DSFS Version 1, Frankfurt plant, Germany, ÖKOBAUDAT) to 0.22 (Lime gypsum interior plaster, ÖKOBAUDAT) kgCO₂e per L.

Per CAD

OpenIO-Canada puts Non-metallic mineral products, n.e.c. at 0.828 kgCO₂e/CAD (Cradle to gate, 2022), the only factor page in this unit.

Per USD

USEEIO puts Cement Manufacturing at 2.66 kgCO₂e/USD (Cradle to store gate, 2023), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

Who publishes these factors

9 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.

Open CEDA (1,485) and ÖKOBAUDAT (572) hold 73% of them; the other 7 publish the rest (777).

Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.

Every factor page

Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.

ActivityLibraryRegionBoundaryValueYear
Portland Cement - manufactureADEMEFranceCradle to gate0.866 kgCO₂e/kg2014
Construction - Aggregates - Primary material productionDESNZEuropeCradle to gate0.0078 kgCO₂e/kg2026
Aluminous cementEU CBAMChinaCBAM embedded emissions2.18 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Aluminous cementEU CBAMUnited StatesCBAM embedded emissions1.94 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Calcined clayEU CBAMCanadaCBAM embedded emissions0.24 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Calcined clayEU CBAMPeruCBAM embedded emissions0.28 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Grey Portland cementEU CBAMKoreaCBAM embedded emissions0.94 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Grey Portland cementEU CBAMEgyptCBAM embedded emissions1.29 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Other clinker including grey clinkerEU CBAMTajikistanCBAM embedded emissions1.36 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Other clinker including grey clinkerEU CBAMNigeriaCBAM embedded emissions1.28 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Other hydraulic cements including grey hydraulic cementsEU CBAMQatarCBAM embedded emissions0.88 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Other hydraulic cements including grey hydraulic cementsEU CBAMCosta RicaCBAM embedded emissions0.82 kgCO₂e/kg2025
White clinkerEU CBAMUnited Arab EmiratesCBAM embedded emissions1.34 kgCO₂e/kg2025
White clinkerEU CBAMIranCBAM embedded emissions1.38 kgCO₂e/kg2025
White hydraulic cementEU CBAMChinaCBAM embedded emissions1.46 kgCO₂e/kg2025
White hydraulic cementEU CBAMUnited StatesCBAM embedded emissions1.45 kgCO₂e/kg2025
White Portland cementEU CBAMCBAM country of production not identifiedCBAM embedded emissions1.48 kgCO₂e/kg2025
White Portland cementEU CBAMPanamaCBAM embedded emissions1.35 kgCO₂e/kg2025
Cement, lime and plasterEXIOBASEIndonesiaCradle to gate13.1 kgCO₂e/EUR2019
Chemical and fertilizer minerals, salt and other mining and quarrying products n.e.c.EXIOBASEMexicoCradle to gate0.85 kgCO₂e/EUR2019
Light mortarICMAustraliaCradle to distribution gate0.639 kgCO₂e/kg2015
Concrete C25/30 XC4 XF1 XA1 F3 16 M EcoPact, Mix code DA4234-DSFS Version 1, Frankfurt plant, GermanyÖKOBAUDATGermanyEPD total0.188 kgCO₂e/L2023
Holcim Hydroport Bulk plant LägerdorfÖKOBAUDATGermanyCradle to gate0.739 kgCO₂e/kg2022
Lime gypsum interior plasterÖKOBAUDATGermanyEPD total0.22 kgCO₂e/L2023
Asphalt paving mixture and block manufacturingOpen CEDAGermanyCradle to gate0.0114 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Cut stone and stone product manufacturingOpen CEDAItalyCradle to gate0.00138 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Lime and gypsum product manufacturingOpen CEDABurundiCradle to gate0.00912 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Other nonmetallic mineral mining and quarryingOpen CEDALatviaCradle to gate0.00278 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Stone mining and quarryingOpen CEDAIcelandCradle to gate0.00122 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Non-metallic mineral products, n.e.c.OpenIO-CanadaManitobaCradle to gate0.828 kgCO₂e/CAD2022
Cement ManufacturingUSEEIOUnited StatesCradle to store gate2.66 kgCO₂e/USD2023

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