Emissions from nickel mining amounted to a total of approximately 120 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent worldwide in 2019. Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from nickel mining amounted to 51 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, while freight and downstream activities created another 69 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions from nickel production.
Emissions from mining activities worldwide as of 2019, by selected mineral commodity (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Thomson Reuters. (November 23, 2020). Emissions from mining activities worldwide as of 2019, by selected mineral commodity (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078671/global-emissions-from-mining-by-mineral-commodity/
Thomson Reuters. "Emissions from mining activities worldwide as of 2019, by selected mineral commodity (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. November 23, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078671/global-emissions-from-mining-by-mineral-commodity/
Thomson Reuters. (2020). Emissions from mining activities worldwide as of 2019, by selected mineral commodity (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078671/global-emissions-from-mining-by-mineral-commodity/
Thomson Reuters. "Emissions from Mining Activities Worldwide as of 2019, by Selected Mineral Commodity (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078671/global-emissions-from-mining-by-mineral-commodity/
Thomson Reuters, Emissions from mining activities worldwide as of 2019, by selected mineral commodity (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078671/global-emissions-from-mining-by-mineral-commodity/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Emissions from mining activities worldwide as of 2019, by selected mineral commodity (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Thomson Reuters, November 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1078671/global-emissions-from-mining-by-mineral-commodity/