Pr oc ess emissions inher ent to the raw material used ar e the una v oidable r esult of chemical r eactions among the raw materials used in the pr oduction pr oc ess including their thermal dec omposition These emissions strictly c orr elated to the pr oduction lev el by a multiplication f ac tor the socalled stoichiometric f actor deriving fr om the C O2 c ontent of the used raw materials geogenic emis sions ar e dir ect and una v oidable The mineral raw materials sectors for which the use of a pr oduct or a f all back benchmark is impossible because either ther e ar e not enough installations for setting such a benchmark or because the C ommission took the deci sion not to extend the pr oduct benchmark list during 2021 2030 would not ha v e been granted the same tr eatment Sourc e Na vigant Study assessing the direct and indirect carbon leakage for mineral ra w materials sectors 2015 with a less than 9 7 fr ee allocation Decr easing ev en mor e the 0 9 7 allocation f actor would ha v e only deepened this discrimination ag ainst the carbon leakage sectors Both E ur omines objectiv es c onc erning the 2021 2030 ETS dir ect emissions wer e achiev ed All mining sectors wer e included on the Carbon L eakage List and will be eligi ble for fr ee allocation and the allocation f actor for pr oc ess emissions has been k ept unchanged at 0 9 7 Table of Contents page 28 of 35 S ustainabi li ty and Competi ti veness 100 80 60 40 20 0 Nonferrous metal ores Magnesia Other emissions Process emissions