Industrial Sector – Disaggregated Industries
Canada
Table 10: Iron Mines Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Iron Mines Energy Use (PJ) 34.7   39.6 51.0 42.4 40.2 42.4

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 13.8   15.0 23.1 10.5 11.3 11.3
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 3.0   8.9 9.0 7.6 7.7 7.7
Heavy Fuel Oil 11.7   15.6 13.6 14.6 13.3 14.5
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 4.5 4.3 4.5
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 6.2   X 5.4 5.2 3.6 4.3
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 39.7   37.9 45.2 24.8 28.2 26.7
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 8.8   22.4 17.6 18.0 19.2 18.2
Heavy Fuel Oil 33.8   39.3 26.6 34.4 33.0 34.2
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 10.6 10.7 10.7
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 17.7   X 10.6 12.1 8.9 10.2
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
GDP (million $2012) 4,146   5,940 6,439 6,879 7,475 7,507
Energy Intensity (MJ/$2012 – GDP) 8.4   6.7 7.9 6.2 5.4 5.7
Total Iron Mines GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 2.6   2.3 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.8

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 0.8   0.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.2   0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.9   1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.7   X 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 74.7   59.2 58.8 69.6 66.0 67.1
Total Iron Mines GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 1.8   1.8 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.5
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 51.0   45.5 43.9 61.6 57.7 59.4

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes steam and waste fuels from the cement industry.

X - Denotes data that has been suppressed due to confidentiality.