MICA Knowledge Base

Footprint methods Economy Wide Material Flow Accounting Material and Substance Flow Analysis (M/SFA) Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Agent-based modelling (ABM) method Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) Environmental Extended Input Output Analysis (EEIOA)

Geostatistical Estimates Major metals and their companion metals metallogeny. The so-called ‘by-products’ Criticality of mineral raw materials Panorama of the European Mineral Resources Industry 3D Modelling (Block) Mineral deposits groups and types Strategic, critical, high-tech, rare, and minor metals

Metal Recycling - Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure Review of the Future Resource Risks Faced by UK Business and an Assessment of Future Viability Annex to the Report of Critical Raw Materials for the EU [2014]; Critical Raw Materials Profiles Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Industrial production (annual PRODCOM results) International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) European Commission - Environment - Waste Risk List [2015] EURARE Information Knowledge Management System (IKMS) International Copper Study Group (ICSG) Life Cycle Data Network - European Platform on Life Cycle Assessment 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] Policy and strategy for raw materials World Steel Association World Gold Council Future of Manufacturing Project: Evidence Paper 27 Foresight, Government Office for Science, The future impact of materials security on the UK manufacturing industry 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 Raw materials critical to the Scottish economy [2011] United States Geological Survey, Country Statistics 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 Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources Economy-wide material flow accounts and derived indicators. A methodological guide Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia Economy-wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA), Compilation Guide Statista - The Statistics Portal Europroms User’s guide. Prodcom data 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 Materials critical to the energy industry (An introduction) Decoupling, natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth Environmnetal Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles Central Statistical Office of Poland EIONET - European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production: Material Flows, Concepts and Methodology Statistics Lithuania United States Geological Survey, Commodity Statistics Anthropogenic nickel cycle: Insights into use, trade, and recycling StatBank Denmark I.Stat 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 ARIMA models and the Box Jenkins methodology

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Primary raw materials (Supply/Production) Secondary raw materials (Supply/Production)

LCA of metals: a scientific synthesis Mining economist opinions on using multi-agent methodology to simulate metal markets Resource Criticality in Modern Economies: Agent-Based Model Demonstrates Vulnerabilities... Global critical materials markets: An agent-based modeling approach Agents of change: Conventional economic models failed to foresee the financial crisis....

How does the production of major metals affect the production of companion metals? What is the future availability of a specific metal? What is the overall timeframe and cost associated with bringing a commodity to a user?

Major metals vs companion metals How to estimate the future availability of a specific metal? How to forecast the production of a given commodity in Europe at a given time? Timeframe and cost for bringing a commodity to a user