Lignite, South Australia, at mine {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Unit process Australia v00.00.001
Included processes: Includes the inputs mine construction, energy use in coal production and pulverisation. Remark: Inventory for brown coal (lignite) production in SA for the year 2007-08. The brown coal energy content is taken as 14.5 MJ per kg; Geography: South Australia Australia. Technology: Current Version: 0.9 Energy values: 14.5 MJ per kg Record: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU Generator: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU
- Sector
- Fuels
- Contributor
- —
- Last updated
- 12 Oct 2026
- Reference ID
01f15324-d8b5-3934-b55a-f5fe817e7f1f
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Documentation
- Quantitative reference
- Lignite, South Australia, at mine {AU}| | AusLCI, U
- Sampling procedure
- Data were collected from national reporting on coal production and fuel use from National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGGI)
- Creation date
- 04 Jul 2013
- Is copyright protected
- No
- Is infrastructure process
- No
- Tags
- material
- Sources
-
Energy Gas Australia 2018/2018/Australian Energy Council.
Product outputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lignite, South Australia, at mine {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 1000.0 | kg | — |
Technical inputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diesel, burned in building machine {GLO}| market for diesel, burned in building machine | Cut-off, U | 44.2764 | MJ | From NGGI allocated per MJ of fuel use. |
| Lignite dust factory {GLO}| market for lignite dust factory | Cut-off, U | 0.00000001 | Item(s) | (1,5,1,3,1,na) |
| Mine infrastructure, open cast, lignite {GLO}| market for mine infrastructure, open cast, lignite | Cut-off, U | 0.00000001 | Item(s) | (1,5,1,3,1,na) |
Elementary flow inputs
| Flow | Sub-compartment | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal, brown, 10.0 MJ per kg, in ground | in ground | 1.45 | t | Mass of elementary flow is adjusted to get correct energy content. Really only 1 tonne of coal extracted |
| Occupation, mineral extraction site | land | 0.026455026455026457 | m2*a | Based on mine area used each year |
| Transformation, from mineral extraction site | land | 0.0008818342151675486 | m2 | Rehabilitation of mine. Based on 30 years occupation. |
| Transformation, from unspecified | land | 0.0008818342151675486 | m2 | Based on 30 years occupation |
| Transformation, to mineral extraction site | land | 0.0008818342151675486 | m2 | Based on 30 years occupation |
| Transformation, to shrub land, sclerophyllous | land | 0.0008818342151675486 | m2 | Rehabilitation of mine. Based on 30 years occupation. |
| Water, river, AU-SA | — | 0.272953287 | m3 | — |
Elementary flow outputs
| Flow | Compartment | Sub-compartment | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methane | Emission to air | unspecified | 0.033 | kg | — |
Parameters
| Name | Value | Formula | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGAF | 1.0 | — | Forces database to be NGA factor compliant for electricity and energy from different fuel types. Not currently compliant with liquid fossil fuel scope 3 emissions |
| Mine_area | 0.026455026455026457 | (1000/D_Coal)/Depthseam | — |
| D_Coal | 900.0 | — | (4,5,5,5,4,5)Typical density wet lignite |
| Mine_Life | 30.0 | — | (4,3,5,5,na,5) |
| En_coal_extractALCI | 44.1 | — | (1,3,1,2,1,4), MJ/t coal, From NGGI allocated per MJ of fuel use. |
| ED_lignite | 14.5 | — | (1,1,1,1,1,na), [MJ/kg] LHV for lignite, South Australia average. Inferred from ESAA 2012 - data 2010 table 2.7 |
| En_coal_extract | 44.2764 | NGAF_Adjust*En_coal_extractALCI*NGAF | — |
| OC_CH4_EF | 0.033 | — | (1,1,1,2,1,na) kg CH4 per t coal 0.0007 t CO2e per t coal for sa |
| NGAF_Adjust | 1.004 | — | — |
| Depthseam | 42.0 | — | (4,1,1,1,1,3) |