Carbon Tax Act, 2019 (Act No. 15 of 2019)

Sector / Sub-sector

SA Industry benchmark value

Iron and Steel

3.83 tonne CO2e / tonne crude steel

Ferroalloys

Ferrochrome - 5.57 tonne CO2e / tonne ferrochrome

Silicomanganese - 6.26 tonne CO2e / tonne silicomanganese

Mining Sector - Platinum

Depth of platinum mine in metres

Intensity range in tonne CO2e / tonne ore mined

Shallow: 0-300 m

0.004

Medium: 300-1200 m

0.062

Deep: 1200-2000 m

0.12

Concentrators

0.0495 tonne CO2e / tonne ore milled

Smelters and refineries

0.395 tonne CO2e / ounce of metal

Mining Sector - Gold

Depth of gold mine in metres

Intensity range in tonne CO2e / tonne rock mined

Shallow: 0-1000 m

0.01

Medium: 1000-2500 m

0.25

Deep: 2500-4000 m

0.43

Mining Sector - Coal

Opencast Coal Mining

0.014 tonne CO2e / tonne run of mine coal

Underground Coal Mining

0.022 tonne CO2e / tonne run of mine coal

Cement

1 tonne CO2e / tonne clinker

Pulp and paper

Integrated white & brown pulp, brown Kraft paper and newspaper

2.542 tonne CO2e per tonne pulp and paper

Integrated brown Neutral Sulphite semichemical (NSSC) and brown recycled containerboard

1.045 tonne CO2e per tonne pulp and paper

Non-integrated white print paper

1.44 tonne CO2e per tonne paper

Non-integrated dissolving wood pulp

1.14 tonne CO2e per tonne pulp and paper

Non-integrated brown recycled containerboard

0.984 tonne CO2e per tonne paper

Integrated white print paper and tissue

3.19 tonne CO2e per tonne pulp and paper

Integrated white pulp and white & brown Kraft paper

0.59 tonne CO2e per tonne pulp and paper

Integrated brown NSSC and brown recycled containerboard and lignosulphonate

2.46 tonne CO2e per tonne pulp and paper

Non-integrated brown recycled containerboard and white print paper

1.80 tonne CO2e per tonne paper

Non-integrated white recycled containerboard

1.614 tonne CO2e per tonne paper

Sawn timber

0.26 tonne CO2e per tonne wood

Petroleum refining

53,6 kgCO2e / SA - CWT

Petroleum (CTL/GTL)

0.0669 Mt CO2e / PJ energy input

Clay brick manufacturing

0.28 tonne CO2e / tonne saleable bricks

Chemicals - Nitric Acid

0.68 tonne CO2e / tonne 100% nitric acid

Ilmenite industry - Titanium slag

3.9 tonne CO2e / tonne titanium slag

Quicklime

1.322 tonne CO2e / tonne quicklime

Sugar

Raw sugar - 0.217 tonne CO2e / tonne raw sugar

White - 0.601 tonne CO2e / tonne white sugar

Raw and white sugar - 0.217 to 0.601 tonne CO2e / tonne white sugar and raw sugar

Aluminium

16.13 tonne CO2e / tonne aluminium

Ceramic tile

0.3 tonne CO2e / tonne ceramic tile