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D1 PRIMARY MINERAL RESOURCES
Concept
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Methods & Tools
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Methods & Tools
Serious Gaming Method
Scenario Development Method
Footprint methods
Economy Wide Material Flow Accounting
System Dynamic Modelling
Wild-Cards and Weak Signals
Mine closure process (overview of different phases and actions)
Three-part quantitative assessment method
Delphi Surveys
Idea Network
Material and Substance Flow Analysis (M/SFA)
Genius Forecasting Method
Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA)
The Future Wheels
2D Predictivity Mapping
DPSIR Framework
2D geological mapping (regional vs. detailed; purely geological vs. mining oriented)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Reconciliation in Material Flow Analysis
SWOT analysis
Mind-mapping
Morphological Analysis Method
Back-casting
Cross-impact analysis (CIA)
Trend Extrapolation
Systems of reporting for mineral resources and reserves
STEEP(LED) Analysis
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
Causal Layered Analysis (CLA)
Parameter uncertainty in mineral intelligence analyses
Environmental Extended Input Output Analysis (EEIOA)
Citizens’ panel or Focus Groups
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Documentation
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Documentation
Guidelines for Preparing Mine Closure Plans
Regional Heavy Mineral Sampling
Limitation of the mining waste production
Geostatistical Estimates
Biohydrometallurgy
Mining for Closure, Policies and Guidelines for Sustainable Mining Practice and Closure of Mines
Social Licence to Operate and Corporate Social Responsibility
Major metals and their companion metals metallogeny. The so-called ‘by-products’
Remote Sensing for Mineral Exploration
Types of drilling in mining
Resource Efficiency
Compensation concept
Energy Transition
Geological Maps
Environmental Impact Assessment EIA
Mineral Resources and Reserves Estimation
Mineral deposits of public importance: the MINATURA2020 Approach
CEReS, the European project to create value from waste
EU-FP6 Bioshale Project – Executive Summary of the Second Year
Geochemical Mapping for Mineral Exploration
CHROMIC H2020 project website on mineral processing
Mine closure and completion
Panorama of the European Mineral Resources Industry
Conflict Minerals
Raw Materials Scoreboard (European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials)
Mines and environmental impact (by SGU/Sweden)
Life cycle of a mining project
Cost–benefit analysis
Mineral processing
3D modelling
Mineral processing: fundations of theories and practice on minerallurgy
3D Modelling (Block)
Exploration phases
Metso website (services and solutions for mining)
Ground investigations for mineral exploration
Mineral deposits groups and types
Feasibility Study
Strategic, critical, high-tech, rare, and minor metals
Substitution: the CRM_InnoNet vision
Permitting/Licensing at EU level
EU Knowledge data platforms
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Legislation
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Legislation
SEA Directive 2001/42/EC
Mining Wastes Directive
Classical Directive 2014/24/EU
Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries
Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014
Utilities Directive 2014/25/EU
Concessions Directive 2014/23/EU
Services Directive 2006/123/EC
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Data
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Data
BGR Geoviewer (UK)
Raw Materials Scoreboard
Finland - Geological map
Geoinform Ukraine, Interactive Geological Map of Ukraine
Czech geological survey on line data portal
Critical (and non-critical) raw materials factsheets
MINVENTORY
IGME 5000 international map of Europe
MineralsUK
Geus - geodata for Denmark
GEMAS Geochemical mapping of agricultural and grazing land soil
Minerals Ireland, exploration and mining division
Platts Market Data - Metals
Metal Bulletin
Mineral Products Association (MPA) - Natural Resources
A study of cross-validation and bootstrap for accuracy estimation and model selection.
The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet)
BGR Geoviewer
Glencore - Resources and reserves 2015
Minerals4EU Yearbook
EURARE Information Knowledge Management System (IKMS)
EO miners
911 Metallurgist. A practical guide to mineral processing engineering
Geochemical map of Spain
Compositional data and their analysis: an introduction
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) standard for responsible mining IRMA-STD-001
NAEN reporting code - Russian Code
G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures) [2015]
FOREGS - geochemical atlas of Europe
The Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment
London Metal Exchange (LME)
3D, 4D and Predictive Modelling of Major Mineral Belts in Europe
A machine learning approach to geochemical mapping
Tellus - Ireland
Geological map of Croatia
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) definiton standard [2010]
Geologische Bundesansalt (Austria)
International Reporting Template for the public reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, (CRIRSCO) November 2013
GSI - geological Survey of Ireland online data viewer
An introduction to geological structures and maps
Lundin Mining Corporation
Slovakian geological survey on line data portal
Geology of Britain Viewer
SME guide for reporting exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves - 2014
The South African code for the reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves (SAMREC)
Mindat
UK Mineral reconnaissance programme reports
European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources
Fennoscandia Mineral Deposits
UK3D
Critical Raw Materials Innovation Network (CRM_Innonet) - Substitution of Critical Raw Materials
Euromines
G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Implementation Manual) [2015]
Geoindex
Australasian code for reporting exploration results, mineral resources and ore reserves (JORC)
Geological Map of Spain
Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) reporting code 2012
South African Code for the reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves (The SAMREC Code)
Mineral Resources Committee of the Instititution of Mining Engineers of Chile
Romanian geological survey online data portal
A two-dimensional interpolation function for irregularly-spaced data
Tellus - Northern Ireland
Swiss geological survey on line data portal
INSPIRE Geoportal
Polish geological survey data viewer
MetalPrices.com - raw material pricing for metal products
NGU - geodata for Norway
Basic Geological Mapping 5th edition
Pan-European Reserves and Resources Reporting Committee - PERC reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves standard 2013
South African code for the reporting of Mineral Asset Valuations (The SAMVAL Code)
Eurostat - International Trade Database (COMEXT)
Promine
Shanghai Metals Market - the leading metals information prorovider in China
Corporate income taxes mining royalties and other mining taxes, a summary of taxes and rules in selected countries
Market Data, Infomine
InfoMine, MapMine - mining maps and spatial data
Industrial Minerals Magazine
Geological Survey of Austria Web applications, including Geological maps online
VALMIN CODE - VALMIN, 2015. Australasian Code for Public Reporting of Technical Assessments and Valuations of Mineral Assets
Committee for mineral reserves international reporting standards, International Reporting Template (CRIRSCO)
Czech geological survey on line data portal
United States Geological Survey : Mineral resource data system
One Geology
BGR Borehole map
About regression-kriging: from equations to case studies
GTK, Finland, online maps
Application of the Crosta technique for porphyry copper alteration mapping, using ETM+ data in the southern part of the Iranian volcanic sedimentary belt
eurogeosource
Swedish geological survey on line data portal
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - The raw materials initiative : meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe
Minerals4EU-EU Minerals Knowledge Data Platform (EU-MKDP)
Boliden Mineral reserves and resources 2015
Infoterre (BRGM data portal)
GTK Finland Mineral deposits and exploration map
Geophysics for the mineral exploration geoscientist
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Portal
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Portal
Welcome to BioMineWiki- the free and live knowledge base focused on biohydrometallurgy
JRC Raw Materials Information System (RMIS)
EU-CRMKDP: European Union Critical Raw Materials Knowledge Data Platform
SNL Metals & Mining
ProMine portal
USGS MRDS
What happens to mine sites after a mine is closed?
Info Diamond – Diamond and Jewelry
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Related Concepts
Parent concepts
MICA
Direct subconcepts
Prospecting authorization/permitting
Mineral exploration
Preliminary economic assessment (D1 PRIMARY MINERAL RESOURCES)
Preliminary feasibility study and feasibility study
Mine development (D1 PRIMARY MINERAL RESOURCES)
Mine operation
Mineral/ore deposit
Mine closure (D1 PRIMARY MINERAL RESOURCES)
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Articles & Reports
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Articles & Reports
Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining.
Cell Based Associations: A procedure for considering scarce and mixed mineral occurrences in predictive mapping
MINATURA2020 – Mineral Deposits of Public Importance (a)
Sairinen et al.. (2012), Responsible mining: A toolkit for the prevention and mediation of conflicts
Characterization of raw materials based on supply risk indicators for Europe
Density estimation for statistics and data analysis, Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability
Comparison of mathematical methods of potential modeling
Life cycle indicators for resources, products and waste
The bioleaching of sulphide minerals with emphasis on copper sulphides — A review
Characteristic Analysis-1981: Final Program and a Possible Discovery
Mineral deposit models
BioMinE – Integrated project for the development of biotechnology for metal-bearing materials in Europe
Mines closure strategy
Largest Mineral Deposits of the World
LCA of metals: a scientific synthesis
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
Techniques for solving industrial nonlinear data reconciliation problems
Lisitsin, V. el. 2014. Mossman orogenic gold province in north Queensland, Australia: regional metallogenic controls and undiscovered gold endowment
The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium
Gold predictivity mapping in French Guiana
Biomining — biotechnologies for extracting and recovering metals from ores and waste materials
Singer, D.A., 1993. Basic concepts in three-part quantitative assessments of undiscovered mineral resources
Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists: Modelling with GIS
Brew, D.A., Drew, L.J., Ludington, S.D., 1992. The Study of the Undiscovered Mineral Resources of the Tongass National Forest and Adjacent Lands, Sout
Overview of international mine closure guidelines
Geocomputation of mineral exploration targets
Financial reporting in the mining industry. International Financial, Reporting Standards
ProMine mineral databases: new tools to assess primary and secondary mineral resources in Europe
Mining Community Development Agreements : Source Book, World Bank, 2012
Rasilainen, K. et al. 2017Assessment of undiscovered metal resources in Finland
Mineral Exploration and Development: Risk and Reward
Geological characteristics and tectonic setting of Proterozoic iron oxide (Cu-U-Au-LREE) deposits
MINATURA2020 – Mineral Deposits of Public importance (b)
Predicting gold-rich epithermal and porphyry systems in the central Andes...
By-product metals are technologically essential but have problematic supply.
By-product status: implications for reserve estimates.
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Other
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Other
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92 /43 /EEC of 21 May 1992
Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011
Circular Economy
Primary mineral Resource Data
Metallogenic Map
Hydrogeological Map of Albania in scale 1:200000
Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014
A Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters (2009/2151(INI))
DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009
Directive 2014/52/EU
Relevance Tree Method
Primary mineral resources data in Albania
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Question
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Question
How do designation areas (i.e., national parks) may restrict exploration/extraction of commodity x in region/country x?
Which raw materials are critical for the EU and why?
Where could we possibly find a new deposit (size and location)?
Where can we find new deposits of a specific commodity in specific geographic area?
What are new main primary and waste sources of In, PGMs, Ga, Ge?
What is the mineral endowment of commodity x in Europe?
How much waste is generated by mining commodity x at location y?
What shall be done for preparing and submitting an EIA study for the development of mineral resources?
How to launch an exploration campaign for a commodity X in an unknown region?
How does the production of major metals affect the production of companion metals?
How much is being invested in exploration for commodity/metal x?
How to make a geological map?
What kinds of geological maps do exist?
What are the different forecasting methods and their use?
Which method could be used for an analysis of factors, drivers, impacts, challenges, ...?
What is the resource potential at EU/regional/national level in commodity X?
What is the future availability of a specific metal?
How much of commodity x will Europe be producing in year x?
What is the estimated size of resources (economic, reserve base, ultimate earth crust) over the past 50 years and where are they located?
Should the EU invest/investigate in getting more mines in Europe?
What is the overall timeframe and cost associated with bringing a commodity to a user?
What are possible substitutes for material x in product y and how will this influence the environmental impacts of the product?
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FlowSheet
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FlowSheet
Theoretical exploration campaign description
Tutorial to find a new deposit
How to estimate the endowment of a certain commodity in Europe
Major metals vs companion metals
Exploration cost for a commodity X
How to estimate the future availability of a specific metal?
Trying to predict which minerals will become critical in 30 years and then, where to find them?
Main primary and waste sources of In, PGMs, Ga and Ge: some key documents, data and links to get an idea
Estimated size of different mineral resources over the past 50 years and their location
Designation areas and prospecting and mining
More mines in Europe?
How much waste is generated by mining?
What are the possibilities of substitution for a given commodity and from where will we get the substitution material?
Timeframe and cost for bringing a commodity to a user
Substitution and its possible environmental impact