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Methods & Tools
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Methods & Tools
Critical Raw Materials
Importance for industry
Material and Substance Flow Analysis (M/SFA)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Supply risk, an overview
Systems of reporting for mineral resources and reserves
Supply risk
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Documentation
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Documentation
Substitute criticality (Supply risk/Substitution)
Geopolitical risk
LCA, LCI, LCIA, LCC: What’s the Difference?
Major metals and their companion metals metallogeny. The so-called ‘by-products’
Criticality of mineral raw materials
Kimberley Process
Cost of substitution (Importance for industry/Substit.)
Energy Transition
Substitute production (Supply risk/Substitution)
Substitution (Importance for industry)
Production concentration
Substitute coproduction (Supply risk/Substitution)
Import dependence
What is the Social Licence to Operate (SLO)?
Conflict Minerals
HHI indexes (global and EU)
Raw Materials Scoreboard (European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials)
Substitution (Supply risk)
Performance of subst. (Importance for industry/Subst.)
Life cycle of a mining project
Mine waste characterization
Trade restrictions
INSPIRE Data Specification on Mineral Resources – Technical Guidelines
Strategic Implementation Plan for the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
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Legislation
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Legislation
Critical Raw Material List - 2011
Mining Wastes Directive
Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries
Critical Raw Materials List - 2017
INSPIRE Directive
List of Critical Raw Materials (CRM) - 2011
REACH Directive
Critical Raw Materials List - 2014
List of CRM
List of CRM - 2014
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Data
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Data
Commodity end uses
Recycling rate
Value added
Raw Materials Scoreboard
Roskill
CRM end uses
Critical (and non-critical) raw materials factsheets
Sectorial demand
Critical Raw Materials Substitution Profiles [2015] (CRM_InnoNet)
European Union Raw Materials Knowledge Base (EURMKB)
European Aggregates Association (UEPG)
European Environment Agency - Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS)
European Commission - European Union (EU) Water framework directive - integrated river basin management for Europe
European Commission - Environment - Waste
EURARE Information Knowledge Management System (IKMS)
European Commission web pages on critical raw materials
Life Cycle Data Network - European Platform on Life Cycle Assessment
Critical metals in strategic energy technologies [2011]
EU CRM Knowledge base
London Metal Exchange (LME)
European Union mine waste directive
European Environment Agency - Land use
European Steel Association (Eurofer)
Recycling rates of metals - A Status Report
Report of Critical Raw Materials for the EU [2014]
Scrreen
Eurostat
European Commission - Natura 2000
European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources
Euromines
EUROSTAT Economy Wide Material Flow Accounts (env_ac_mfa)
European Chemicals Agency - Information on Chemicals
Smart ground - EU project
European Cement Association
European Aluminium Association
United States Geological Survey : Mineral resource data system
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Portal
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Portal
EGDI
Conflict Minerals and Conflict Diamonds
Social Licence to Operate (SLO)
Conflict Minerals and Conflict Diamonds
EU-CRMKDP: European Union Critical Raw Materials Knowledge Data Platform
SNL Metals & Mining
Employment, gender balance, child labour and decent work
ProMine portal
USGS MRDS
EU-MKDP: European Union Minerals Knowledge Data Platform
EU-UMKDP: European Union Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform
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Articles & Reports
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Articles & Reports
Criticality on the international scene: Quo vadis?
Critical Metals in the Path towards the Decarbonisation of the EU Energy Sector
Raw material 'criticality'—sense or nonsense?
Mancini, L., Benini, L., Sala, S. 2016. Characterization of raw materials based on supply risk indicators for Europe
Raw material criticality in the context of classical risk assessment
ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Critical Raw Materials Substitution Profiles
Critical Metals Handbook
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Other
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Other
Circular Economy
Julienne D. (2012). Le problème des métaux et des terres rares.
Primary mineral Resource Data
Occupational safety and health
Technology Metals Research (TMR). What Are Technology Metals?
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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 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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FlowSheet
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FlowSheet
Major metals vs companion metals
Importance of the in-use stocks of different CRMs in Europe
More mines in Europe?
How much waste is generated by mining?
Evolution of the Raw Materials-based industry in the near future and its supply
Future demand and supply of raw materials: what evolution?
Environmental impacts linked to the use of raw materials