Last updated on 29 Aug 2019 09:29 (cf. Authors)
The Mineral Industry comprises six different sub-categories partly divergent to reporting format of Greenhouse Gases (CRF).
The main categories are the Cement Production (2.A.1), Lime Production (2.A.2), Glass Production (2.A.3).
But further mineral industries are important regarding other specific emissions, highlighted here: Mining other than coal (2.A.5.a), Construction (2.A.5.b) and Ceramics Production (2.A.6).
NFR-Code | Name of Category | Method | AD | EF | Key Category |
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2.A.1 | Cement Production | T1 | AS | CS | L: Hg |
2.A.2 | Lime Production | T1 | AS | CS | beyond the 80% level for all |
2.A.3 | Glass Production | T2 | AS | CS | T: SOx |
2.A.5.a | Mining - Other than Coal | T1 | NS | D | L & T: TSP | L & T: PM10 |
2.A.5.b | Construction and Demolition | T1 | NS | CS | L & T: TSP | L & T: PM10 |
2.A.6 | Ceramics Production | T1 | NS | CS | L & T: TSP |
T1 = Tier 1 in relation to EF / T2 = Tier 2 in relation to EF
Discussion of emission trends
The steep reduction especially for TSP and SO2 at the beginning of the 1990s was due especially to closures in the eastern German industrial sector. The source for emissions data of year 1990 for eastern Germany is in cases of TSP and SO2 the last statistic of the GDR, not an old emission factor for the calculation.
Rising emissions of particulate matters in the last years are a result of high amount of roads reconstructions.