Higg Product Tools Higg MSI Carbon steel, primary/virgin

Carbon steel, primary/virgin

6.0

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Description

Steel with the primary alloying element is carbon. This process represents a mix of differently produced steels and hot rolling. Represents average of world and European production mix.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 2.3
Eutrophication 1.5
Water Scarcity 0.4
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 1.8
Chemistry
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Modeling Notes

Reinforcing steel {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, S. Includes 2.5% loss of raw material to account for yield losses. Also includes 1000km inbound shipping distance to account for shipment of raw materials.

Meta information

  • Primary Source: ecoinvent 3.3
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2011
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material Impact
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Steel
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Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Good Data are not older than 6 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 2
Geographical Representativeness Good The processes included in the dataset are well representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 2
Technological Representativeness Good The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset 2
Average 2.25