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2.C.7.b - Nickel Production

In subcategory NFR 2.C.7.b - Nickel production the TSP, SO2 and Ni emissions from nickel mining are reported.

Reporting only covers the year 1990 because in 1991 nickel mining stopped in Germany.

Category Code Method AD EF
2.C.7.b T1 AS D

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Method(s) applied
D Default
T1 Tier 1 / Simple Methodology *
T2 Tier 2*
T3 Tier 3 / Detailed Methodology *
C CORINAIR
CS Country Specific
M Model
* as described in the EMEP/EEA Emission Inventory Guidebook - 2019, in category chapters.
(source for) Activity Data
NS National Statistics
RS Regional Statistics
IS International Statistics
PS Plant Specific
As Associations, business organisations
Q specific Questionnaires (or surveys)
M Model / Modelled
C Confidential
(source for) Emission Factors
D Default (EMEP Guidebook)
CS Country Specific
PS Plant Specific
M Model / Modelled
C Confidential
NOx NMVOC SO2 NH3 PM2.5 PM10 TSP BC CO Pb Cd Hg As Cu Cr Ni Se Zn PCDD/F PAHs HCB
1990-1991: NE NE -/- NE NR NR -/- NR NE NE NE NE NE NE NE -/- NE NE NE NE NE
as of 1992: NO

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L/- key source by Level only
-/T key source by Trend only
L/T key source by both Level and Trend
-/- no key source for this pollutant
IE emission of specific pollutant Included Elsewhere (i.e. in another category)
NE emission of specific pollutant Not Estimated (yet)
NA specific pollutant not emitted from this source or activity = Not Applicable
* no analysis done

Method

Activity data

Annual production data were derived from the World Mineral Statistics report of the British Geological Survey 1990-94 1).

Here, Nickel was produced only in the former GDR, in the New German Länder and only until 1990:

Table 1: Nickel production, in [t]

1990 as of 1991
8722) NO

Emission factors

The emission factors are the default values according to the EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2023 3).

Table 2: applied Tier1 emission factors, in [kg/t]

EF
SO2 18
TSP 0.3
Ni 0.025

Uncertainties

Recalculations

There is no primary nickel production in Germany. Therefore it is not necessary to update the activity data and emission factors.

Planned improvements

At the moment, no category-specific improvements are planned.

1), 2) Taylor et. al (1995): Taylor, L.E., Lofty, G.J., Hillier, J.A., Fellows, M.E., Bate, D.G., Linley, K.A., Mills, A.J., White, R.: BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: World Mineral Statistics 1990-94: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535237/1/WMS_1990_1994.pdf; here: page 192: Mine Production of Nickel; Keyworth, Nottingham, UK, 1995
3) EMEP/EEA (2023): EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2023; Chapter 2.C.7.b - Nickel production FINAL; https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/emep-eea-guidebook-2023/part-b-sectoral-guidance-chapters/2-industrial-processes-and-product-use/2-c-metal-production/2-c-7-b-nickel/@@download/file