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D6 SUSTAINABILITY OF RAW MATERIALS
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)
Delphi Surveys
Idea Network
Material and Substance Flow Analysis (M/SFA)
Raw Materials Scoreboard 2018, WEEE management
Raw Materials Scoreboard 2018, Air pollutant emissions
Genius Forecasting Method
Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA)
The Future Wheels
2D Predictivity Mapping
DPSIR Framework
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Reconciliation in Material Flow Analysis
SWOT analysis
Mind-mapping
Morphological Analysis Method
Back-casting
Cross-impact analysis (CIA)
Trend Extrapolation
STEEP(LED) Analysis
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
Causal Layered Analysis (CLA)
Parameter uncertainty in mineral intelligence analyses
Environmental Extended Input Output Analysis (EEIOA)
Raw Materials Scoreboard 2018, Greenhouse gas emissions
Citizens’ panel or Focus Groups
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Documentation
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Documentation
LCA, LCI, LCIA, LCC: What’s the Difference?
Social Licence to Operate and Corporate Social Responsibility
Remote Sensing for Mineral Exploration
Types of drilling in mining
Resource Efficiency
Compensation concept
Energy Transition
Environmental Impact Assessment EIA
ENVIREE H2020 project website on REE extraction
Mineral deposits of public importance: the MINATURA2020 Approach
Geochemical Mapping for Mineral Exploration
What is the Social Licence to Operate (SLO)?
Conflict Minerals
Raw Materials Scoreboard (European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials)
EarthResourceML (2013)
The VERAM H2020 project: looking toward 2050…
3D modelling
3D Modelling (Block)
Exploration phases
Ground investigations for mineral exploration
Tax incentives for circular economy
Feasibility Study
INSPIRE Data Specification on Mineral Resources – Technical Guidelines
Permitting/Licensing at EU level
EU Knowledge data platforms
Strategic Implementation Plan for the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
Mineral Resources Master Programmes in Europe
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Legislation
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Legislation
SEA Directive 2001/42/EC
Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014
Services in the internal market Directive 2006/12dec/EC
INSPIRE Directive
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Data
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Data
Ecoinvent (environmental data)
Raw Materials Scoreboard
Critical (and non-critical) raw materials factsheets
European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR)
GEMAS Geochemical mapping of agricultural and grazing land soil
European Commission - European Union (EU) Water framework directive - integrated river basin management for Europe
Mineral Products Association (MPA) - Sustainable communities
Mineral Products Association (MPA) - Natural Resources
The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet)
European Commission - Environment - Waste
European Commission - The Habitats directive
Mining in the EU, Regulation and the way forward
Official Journal of the European Union - EU directive on Environmental assessments
EO miners
Life Cycle Data Network - European Platform on Life Cycle Assessment
Official Journal of the European Union - EU emissions trading directive
A framework and requirements for Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) models and indicators (ILCD Handbook)
Rio Tinto Limited - Our commitment
Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) standard for responsible mining IRMA-STD-001
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - NIOSH Mining
G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures) [2015]
Analysis of existing Environmental Impact Assessment methodologies for use in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
The Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment
EMIRI - The Energy Materials Industrial Research Initiative
Air Pollution in Europe 1997
European Union mine waste directive
European Environment Agency - Land use
CREEA - Compiling and Refining Environmental and Economic Accounts
Knowledge Impact Strategies (Kimpact) - Report on Corporate Social Responsibility in Resource Mining
Lundin Mining Corporation
Environmental Impact of the use of Natural Resources and Products
European Commission - Natura 2000
A Research Agenda for Improving National Footprint Accounts
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Environmental indicators: Typology and overview
G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Implementation Manual) [2015]
Ecological Footprint Explorer
Impacts of European Union (EU) carbon emission trade directive on energy-intensive industries — Indicative micro-economic analyses
Cobalt Development Institute (CDI)
Policy Review on Decoupling: Development of indicators to assess decoupling of economic development and environmental pressure in the EU-25 and AC-3 countries
Cross-Impact Method - A publication of United Nations Development Program's African Futures Project in collaboration with the United Nations University's Millenium Project Feasibility Study - Phase II
The European Cement Association (CEMBUREAU) - Cements for a low carbon Europe
Carbon Footprint of Nations: A Global, Trade-Linked Analysis
Materials critical to the energy industry (An introduction)
Decoupling, natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth
Anthropospheric losses of platinum group elements
Central Statistical Office of Poland
The polluter-pays principle and environmental liability
EIONET - European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production: Material Flows, Concepts and Methodology
Groundwater Resources Maps of Euroupe
System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)
eurogeosource
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Portal
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Portal
Raw Materials Information System, Air pollution
European Commission, Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Ecodesign
European Soil Data Centre, Soil contamination
JRC Raw Materials Information System (RMIS)
Conflict Minerals and Conflict Diamonds
Social Licence to Operate (SLO)
Conflict Minerals and Conflict Diamonds
Raw Materials Information System, Water
Raw Materials Information System, Circular Economy monitoring
EU-CRMKDP: European Union Critical Raw Materials Knowledge Data Platform
MINATURA project
Raw Materials Information System, Electric and Electronic Equipment
Employment, gender balance, child labour and decent work
ProMine portal
Single Market for Green Products Initiative
Raw Materials Information System, Climate & Low-Carbon
EU-MKDP: European Union Minerals Knowledge Data Platform
IKMS: Integrated Knowledge Management System for REE in Europe
EU-UMKDP: European Union Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform
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Related Concepts
Parent concepts
MICA
Direct subconcepts
Impacts over the life cycle
Impacts of specific processes/plants
Compensation
Resource efficiency
Knowledge sharing
Social licence to operate (SLO)
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Articles & Reports
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Articles & Reports
Non-energy, non-agriculture raw materials production: data to monitor the sector’s water use and emissions to water
Life Cycle Assessment of Metals: A Scientific Synthesis (Nuss & Eckelman, 2014)
MINATURA2020 – Mineral Deposits of Public Importance (a)
The Feminisation of Mining
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
Life cycle indicators for resources, products and waste
Groothuis F. (2016), New era. New plan. Europe. A fiscal strategy for an inclusive, circular economy, The Ex’tax Project
Social impact assessment in the mining sector: Review and comparison of indicators frameworks
Life Cycle Assessment and criticality of raw materials: relationship and potential synergies
Bastein et al. (2013), Opportunities for circular economy in the Netherlands
Life Cycle Assessment of Metals: A Scientific Synthesis
Largest Mineral Deposits of the World
A fuzzy constraint-based approach to data reconciliation in material flow analysis
LCA of metals: a scientific synthesis
Techniques for solving industrial nonlinear data reconciliation problems
Minerals4EU Foresight Studies
Anastasio M. (2016), The circular economy- practical steps to enhance the EU package, Green budget Europe
Reichel et al. (2016), Circular economy in Europe. Developing the knowlwdge base
Social assessment of raw materials supply chains. A life-cycle-based analysis
Stahel WR. 2013 Policy for material efficiency—sustainable taxation as a departure from the throwaway society
An analysis of factors leading to the establishment of a social licence to operate in the mining industry
Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles
Potential of life cycle assessment for supporting the management of critical raw materials
Mining Community Development Agreements : Source Book, World Bank, 2012
Mineral Exploration and Development: Risk and Reward
MINATURA2020 – Mineral Deposits of Public importance (b)
Insights on the EURare Integrated Knowledge Management System (IKMS) on European REE data
EURARE IKMS: An Integrated Knowledge Management System for Rare Earth Element Resources in Europe
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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
Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014
Occupational safety and health
A Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters (2009/2151(INI))
DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009
Relevance Tree Method
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Question
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Question
Where can I find a master programme in the EU-28 dedicated to mineral resources?
What shall be done for preparing and submitting an EIA study for the development of mineral resources?
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 estimated size of resources (economic, reserve base, ultimate earth crust) over the past 50 years and where are they located?
Which type of Raw Material based industry will be developed in the near future and how do we supply them?
What are the environmental impacts of using a specific resource/ raw material in general?
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
Estimated size of different mineral resources over the past 50 years and their location
Designation areas and prospecting and mining
Importance of the in-use stocks of different CRMs in Europe
More mines in Europe?
Evolution of the Raw Materials-based industry in the near future and its supply
Environmental impacts linked to the use of raw materials
Timeframe and cost for bringing a commodity to a user
Substitution and its possible environmental impact