Industrial Sector – Disaggregated Industries
Canada
Table 9: Copper, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Mines Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Copper, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Mines Energy Use (PJ) 23.1   38.0 36.1 34.0 33.6 33.6

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 13.0   21.0 18.6 16.4 17.7 17.7
Natural Gas 2.8   2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 5.4   13.6 13.9 14.5 12.7 12.7
Heavy Fuel Oil 1.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 1.0   1.1 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.8
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 56.0   55.1 51.4 48.3 52.6 52.6
Natural Gas 12.0   6.0 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.6
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 23.5   35.9 38.5 42.7 38.0 37.9
Heavy Fuel Oil 4.3   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 4.1   3.0 3.8 2.5 2.5 2.5
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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) 6,991   7,091 5,907 6,153 5,913 5,441
Energy Intensity (MJ/$2012 – GDP) 3.3   5.4 6.1 5.5 5.7 6.2
Total Copper, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Mines GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 1.5   1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 0.8   0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Natural Gas 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.4   1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Coal 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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) 63.2   50.5 50.0 51.0 47.7 47.5
Total Copper, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Mines GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.7   1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 29.8   30.6 33.1 35.3 32.3 32.3

Footnotes:

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