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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 Critical Raw Materials Delphi Surveys Importance for industry 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 2D geological mapping (regional vs. detailed; purely geological vs. mining oriented) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Reconciliation in Material Flow Analysis SWOT analysis Mind-mapping Agent-based modelling (ABM) method Morphological Analysis Method Supply risk, an overview Back-casting Cross-impact analysis (CIA) Trend Extrapolation Systems of reporting for mineral resources and reserves STEEP(LED) Analysis Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) Supply risk 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

Guidelines for Preparing Mine Closure Plans Cryogenic ball milling. A key for elemental analysis of plastic-rich automotive shredder residue ANR EXTRADE project website (Recovery of REE from permanent magnets in WEEE) Regional Heavy Mineral Sampling Recovery of high-grade iron compounds from slag by enhanced magnetic separation techniques Substitute criticality (Supply risk/Substitution) Geopolitical risk LCA, LCI, LCIA, LCC: What’s the Difference? Recycling of automotive shredder residues (ASR) in iron- and steelmaking furnaces Limitation of the mining waste production Mineral Certification at the BGR Geostatistical Estimates The African Mining Vision 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 Raw Materials Foresight Guide Criticality of mineral raw materials Kimberley Process Resource Efficiency Compensation concept Cost of substitution (Importance for industry/Substit.) Energy Transition Geological Maps Environmental Impact Assessment EIA Substitute production (Supply risk/Substitution) Substitution (Importance for industry) ENVIREE H2020 project website on REE extraction Mineral Resources and Reserves Estimation Production concentration Substitute coproduction (Supply risk/Substitution) 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 Import dependence Mine closure and completion OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas Panorama of the European Mineral Resources Industry What is the Social Licence to Operate (SLO)? Conflict Minerals HHI indexes (global and EU) Raw Materials Scoreboard (European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials) EarthResourceML (2013) Substitution (Supply risk) The VERAM H2020 project: looking toward 2050… Performance of subst. (Importance for industry/Subst.) Mines and environmental impact (by SGU/Sweden) Life cycle of a mining project Cost–benefit analysis Mineral processing Mine waste characterization 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 Tax incentives for circular economy Mineral deposits groups and types Process simulator and environmental assessment of the innovative WEEE treatment process Trade restrictions Feasibility Study Role of particle size in mineral processing at Tata Steel INSPIRE Data Specification on Mineral Resources – Technical Guidelines Strategic, critical, high-tech, rare, and minor metals CRM_InnoNet: the end of project brochure Substitution: the CRM_InnoNet vision Permitting/Licensing at EU level EU Knowledge data platforms MINATURA H2020 project Draft Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014-2015 in the area of Climate action, environment, resource... Strategic Implementation Plan for the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials Mineral Resources Master Programmes in Europe

SEA Directive 2001/42/EC Critical Raw Material List - 2011 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 Critical Raw Materials List - 2017 REGULATION (EU) 2017/821 about conflict minerals Services in the internal market Directive 2006/12dec/EC Utilities Directive 2014/25/EU Concessions Directive 2014/23/EU Services Directive 2006/123/EC INSPIRE Directive List of Critical Raw Materials (CRM) - 2011 Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in WEEE REACH Directive Critical Raw Materials List - 2014 List of CRM List of CRM - 2014

Commodity end uses Ecoinvent (environmental data) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual detailed enterprise statistics for industry (NACE Rev. 2, B-E) BGR Geoviewer (UK) Land use maps of the Corine Land Cover (CLC) type Biodiversity Information System for Europe Value added Raw Materials Scoreboard Roskill Statistics on the Production of Manufactured Goods (PRODCOM NACE Rev.2) EEA – Data and maps for protected areas GISCO Finland - Geological map Geoinform Ukraine, Interactive Geological Map of Ukraine Copernicus Land Monitoring Services Ramsar Wetland Data Gateway Czech geological survey on line data portal EEA - Data and Maps Critical (and non-critical) raw materials factsheets Sectorial demand European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Metal Recycling - Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure Critical Raw Materials Substitution Profiles [2015] (CRM_InnoNet) European Union Raw Materials Knowledge Base (EURMKB) MINVENTORY Review of the Future Resource Risks Faced by UK Business and an Assessment of Future Viability IGME 5000 international map of Europe Annex to the Report of Critical Raw Materials for the EU [2014]; Critical Raw Materials Profiles MineralsUK Geus - geodata for Denmark GEMAS Geochemical mapping of agricultural and grazing land soil European Environment Agency - Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) Minerals Ireland, exploration and mining division Platts Market Data - Metals Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMA) European Commission - European Union (EU) Water framework directive - integrated river basin management for Europe Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Industrial production (annual PRODCOM results) Metal Bulletin International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) Mineral Products Association (MPA) - Sustainable communities Mineral Products Association (MPA) - Natural Resources Geoscience terminology working group A study of cross-validation and bootstrap for accuracy estimation and model selection. The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) World Mineral Statistics BGR Geoviewer Glencore - Resources and reserves 2015 European Commission - Environment - Waste Futures Research Methodology (Delphi) European protected sites 2013 European Commission - The Habitats directive Mining in the EU, Regulation and the way forward Minerals4EU Yearbook Risk List [2015] World Mining Data EURARE Information Knowledge Management System (IKMS) Official Journal of the European Union - EU directive on Environmental assessments EO miners 911 Metallurgist. A practical guide to mineral processing engineering International Copper Study Group (ICSG) Geochemical map of Spain Compositional data and their analysis: an introduction European Commission web pages on critical raw materials MINATURA2020 United Nations Commodity Trade Database 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) Raw materials critical to the Scottish economy - Annexe A [2011] Rio Tinto Limited - Our commitment Maritime spatial planning Global Edge Policy and strategy for raw materials Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) standard for responsible mining IRMA-STD-001 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - NIOSH Mining World Steel Association NAEN reporting code - Russian Code G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Reporting Principles and Standard Disclosures) [2015] Analysis of existing Environmental Impact Assessment methodologies for use in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). FOREGS - geochemical atlas of Europe World Gold Council The Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment EMIRI - The Energy Materials Industrial Research Initiative Environment data centre on waste - Eurostat The European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials London Metal Exchange (LME) Air Pollution in Europe 1997 3D, 4D and Predictive Modelling of Major Mineral Belts in Europe Future of Manufacturing Project: Evidence Paper 27 Foresight, Government Office for Science, The future impact of materials security on the UK manufacturing industry European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) European Union mine waste directive A machine learning approach to geochemical mapping European Environment Agency - Land use International Nickel Study Group (INSG) Creating consolidated and aggregated EU27 Supply, Use and Input- Output Tables, adding environmental extensions (air emissions), and conducting Leontief-type modelling to approximate carbon and other 'footprints' of EU27 consumption for 2000 to 2006 Sustainable Aggregates Planning in South East Europe (SNAP) Metal stocks in society - Scientific Synthesis Tellus - Ireland Raw materials critical to the Scottish economy [2011] CREEA - Compiling and Refining Environmental and Economic Accounts Geological map of Croatia Knowledge Impact Strategies (Kimpact) - Report on Corporate Social Responsibility in Resource Mining Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) definiton standard [2010] Geologische Bundesansalt (Austria) United States Geological Survey, Country Statistics 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 Recycling rates of metals - A Status Report Lundin Mining Corporation Slovakian geological survey on line data portal The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Standard 2016 Geology of Britain Viewer SME guide for reporting exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves - 2014 Environmental Impact of the use of Natural Resources and Products The South African code for the reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves (SAMREC) Mindat Report of Critical Raw Materials for the EU [2014] Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Access to secondary raw materials (scrap iron, recycled paper etc) European Commission - Natura 2000 UK Mineral reconnaissance programme reports A Research Agenda for Improving National Footprint Accounts European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources Economy-wide material flow accounts and derived indicators. A methodological guide Fennoscandia Mineral Deposits Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia Economy-wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA), Compilation Guide European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Environmental indicators: Typology and overview Australian junior exploration floats, 2001-06, and their implications for IPOs Statista - The Statistics Portal UK3D Europroms User’s guide. Prodcom data Critical Raw Materials Innovation Network (CRM_Innonet) - Substitution of Critical Raw Materials Euromines G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Implementation Manual) [2015] Solving the E-Waste Problem (Step) White Paper. One Global Definition of E-Waste Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC on waste) Geoindex World Coal Association Australasian code for reporting exploration results, mineral resources and ore reserves (JORC) Geological Map of Spain Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) - Review of national resource strategies and research 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) Ecological Footprint Explorer World Bank Commodity Price Data Planning Policies and Permitting Procedures to Ensure the Sustainable Supply of Aggregates in Europe SWOT analysis of concepts, methods and models potentially supporting LCA Mineral Resources Committee of the Instititution of Mining Engineers of Chile Impacts of European Union (EU) carbon emission trade directive on energy-intensive industries — Indicative micro-economic analyses Romanian geological survey online data portal A two-dimensional interpolation function for irregularly-spaced data Tellus - Northern Ireland 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 General and International Mineral Policy 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 Swiss geological survey on line data portal Materials critical to the energy industry (An introduction) INSPIRE Geoportal E-waste statistics. Guidelines on classificaiton, reporting and indicators 2015 Polish geological survey data viewer Decoupling, natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth MetalPrices.com - raw material pricing for metal products Anthropospheric losses of platinum group elements NGU - geodata for Norway Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform (EU-UMKDP -ProSUM) Basic Geological Mapping 5th edition Pan-European Reserves and Resources Reporting Committee - PERC reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves standard 2013 Environmnetal Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles South African code for the reporting of Mineral Asset Valuations (The SAMVAL Code) Eurostat - International Trade Database (COMEXT) Promine Central Statistical Office of Poland The polluter-pays principle and environmental liability Recommendations on the framework conditions for the extraction of non-energy raw materials in the European Union Shanghai Metals Market - the leading metals information prorovider in China Study supporting potential land targets under the 2015 land communication Corporate income taxes mining royalties and other mining taxes, a summary of taxes and rules in selected countries EIONET - European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production: Material Flows, Concepts and Methodology Legal basics of mineral policy in Europe Statistics Lithuania Groundwater Resources Maps of Euroupe 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) United States Geological Survey, Commodity Statistics Anthropogenic nickel cycle: Insights into use, trade, and recycling Institute for European Environmental Policy Czech geological survey on line data portal United States Geological Survey : Mineral resource data system United Nations University 1st Global E-waste Monitor 2014 Land as a resource One Geology System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) StatBank Denmark BGR Borehole map Minerals planning polices and supply practices in Europe 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 I.Stat 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 ARIMA models and the Box Jenkins methodology International Raw Materials Observatory (INTRAW) Infoterre (BRGM data portal) GTK Finland Mineral deposits and exploration map Geophysics for the mineral exploration geoscientist

Raw Materials Information System, Air pollution EGDI Welcome to BioMineWiki- the free and live knowledge base focused on biohydrometallurgy European Commission, Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Ecodesign European Soil Data Centre, Soil contamination JRC Raw Materials Information System (RMIS) OpenStreetMap 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 SNL Metals & Mining Raw Materials Information System, Electric and Electronic Equipment Employment, gender balance, child labour and decent work EUR-LEX - Access to European Union law ProMine portal USGS MRDS Single Market for Green Products Initiative Sustainable Development Goals and Raw Materials Raw Materials Information System, Climate & Low-Carbon What happens to mine sites after a mine is closed? EU-MKDP: European Union Minerals Knowledge Data Platform IKMS: Integrated Knowledge Management System for REE in Europe Info Diamond – Diamond and Jewelry EU-UMKDP: European Union Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform Technology Metals Research (TMR). What Are Technology Metals?

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D1 PRIMARY MINERAL RESOURCES D2 SECONDARY MINERAL RESOURCES D3 INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING AND TRANSFORMATION D4 RAW MATERIALS ECONOMICS D5 RAW MATERIALS POLICY & LEGAL FRAMEWORK D6 SUSTAINABILITY OF RAW MATERIALS D7 INTERNATIONAL REPORTING

Different methods are needed to propagate ignorance and variability Critical Raw Materials Factsheets Barteková, E. and Kemp, R. 2016. National strategies for securing a stable supply of rare earths in different world regions. Non-energy, non-agriculture raw materials production: data to monitor the sector’s water use and emissions to water Criticality on the international scene: Quo vadis? Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining. Cell Based Associations: A procedure for considering scarce and mixed mineral occurrences in predictive mapping 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 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 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 SCRREEN D3.2: Identification and quantification of secondary CRM resources in Europe Life Cycle Assessment and criticality of raw materials: relationship and potential synergies Characteristic Analysis-1981: Final Program and a Possible Discovery Critical Metals in the Path towards the Decarbonisation of the EU Energy Sector Mineral deposit models Bastein et al. (2013), Opportunities for circular economy in the Netherlands BioMinE – Integrated project for the development of biotechnology for metal-bearing materials in Europe SCRREEN D2.1: Report on the Current Use of Critical Raw Materials Life Cycle Assessment of Metals: A Scientific Synthesis SCRREEN D4.3: Circular Economy and zero waste aspects and business models of production Raw material 'criticality'—sense or nonsense? Joint propagation and exploitation of probabilistic and possibilistic information in risk assessment models DERA Report 2016: Rohstoffe fur Zukunftstechnologien 2016 Mines closure strategy Largest Mineral Deposits of the World Habib, K., Hamelin, L., Wenzel. H. 2016. A dynamic perspective of the geopolitical supply risk of metals National Research Council of the National Academies. 2007. Minerals, critical minerals, and the US economy. 159 pp. A fuzzy constraint-based approach to data reconciliation in material flow analysis LCA of metals: a scientific synthesis SCRREEN D4.2: Production technologies of CRM from secondary resources Risk-informed decision-making in the presence of epistemic uncertainty The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction Fuzzy sets as a basis for a theory of possibility Mancini, L., Benini, L., Sala, S. 2016. Characterization of raw materials based on supply risk indicators for Europe Techniques for solving industrial nonlinear data reconciliation problems Imprecise probabilities in engineering analyses 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 SCRREEN D3.1: Identification and quantification of primary CRM resources in Europe Machacek, E., Richter, J.L., Lane, R. 2017. Governance and Risk-Value Constructions in Closing Loops of Rare Earth Elements in Global Value Chains Minerals4EU Foresight Studies Polinares - EU policy on mineral resources - Summary of project results published Gold predictivity mapping in French Guiana Anastasio M. (2016), The circular economy- practical steps to enhance the EU package, Green budget Europe 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 Raw material criticality in the context of classical risk assessment Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists: Modelling with GIS Goodland R. (2012), Responsible Mining: The Key to Profitable Resource Development 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 Reichel et al. (2016), Circular economy in Europe. Developing the knowlwdge base Social assessment of raw materials supply chains. A life-cycle-based analysis Overview of international mine closure guidelines 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 Buijs, B., Sievers, H., Tercero Espinoza, L.A. 2012. Limits to the critical raw materials approach. Proceedings. Nuss, P., Graedel, T.E., Alonso, E., Carroll, A. 2016. Mapping supply chain risk by network analysis of product platforms. Nansai, K. et al. 2017. The role of primary processing in the supply risks of critical metals. Geocomputation of mineral exploration targets Mining economist opinions on using multi-agent methodology to simulate metal markets Potential of life cycle assessment for supporting the management of critical raw materials Financial reporting in the mining industry. International Financial, Reporting Standards ProMine mineral databases: new tools to assess primary and secondary mineral resources in Europe Erdmann, L., Behrendt, S., Feil M. 2011. Kritische Rohstoffe fuer Deutschland. Im Auftrag der KfW Bankengruppe. SCRREEN D4.1: Production technologies of CRM from primary resources ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY 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) Critical Raw Materials Substitution Profiles EU policy on mineral resources Resource Criticality in Modern Economies: Agent-Based Model Demonstrates Vulnerabilities... Global critical materials markets: An agent-based modeling approach Predicting gold-rich epithermal and porphyry systems in the central Andes... Insights on the EURare Integrated Knowledge Management System (IKMS) on European REE data Minerals, critical minerals, and the US economy Agents of change: Conventional economic models failed to foresee the financial crisis.... Limits to the critical raw materials approach Congress critical of foot-dragging on critical materials By-product metals are technologically essential but have problematic supply. Critical Metals Handbook Material Security: ensuring resource availability for the UK economy Kritische Rohstoffe für Deutschland Minerals, critical minerals, and the US economy. Report in brief. Substitution of critical raw materials in low-carbon technologies EURARE IKMS: An Integrated Knowledge Management System for Rare Earth Element Resources in Europe By-product status: implications for reserve estimates. 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SCRREEN D5.1: CRM Profiles 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 Julienne D. (2012). Le problème des métaux et des terres rares. 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 Occupational safety and health A Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters (2009/2151(INI)) Study on the Review of the List of Critical Raw Materials DIRECTIVE 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 Directive 2014/52/EU Relevance Tree Method Primary mineral resources data in Albania Technology Metals Research (TMR). What Are Technology Metals?

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 will we get the substitution material? What other possibilities for substitution for commodity x? 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? Which minerals will become critical in 30 years and where can we find them? How big is the in-use stocks of different critical raw materials (CRMs) in Europe? What are new main primary and waste sources of In, PGMs, Ga, Ge? What is the mineral endowment of commodity x in Europe? Where can I find a master programme in the EU-28 dedicated to mineral resources? 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 much is expected to be reused or recycled? What is the contribution of secondary raw materials to the EU economy? 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, ...? Which method could be used in the decision-making process? What is the material recycling level of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the EU28, in terms of absolute streams (quantity)? 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? Which type of Raw Material based industry will be developed in the near future and how do we supply them? How will the future supply and demand of future raw materials develop? 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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