Cobalt is a critical raw material fundamental to industry and essential for enabling technological development and a low carbon future. Brazil niobium, usa beryllium and helium, russia palladium and south africa iridium, platinum. And social committee and the committee of the regions on the 2017 list of critical raw materials for the eu com20170490 final. Critical raw materials cell culture derived antigens and antibodies.
Critical raw materials substitution profiles september 20. Eu science hub raw materials information system rmis. Eu legislation must support improved design for reuse and recycling,including safety. Eiis products are and will be needed more to enable the energy transition and will be at the forefront of lowcarbon solutions. Raw materials in the european defence industry abstract. The european commission presented today a revised list of critical raw materials. European commission publishes new critical raw materials. In addition, information for each of the candidate materials is provided by individual material profiles, found in two separate documents attached. Batteries are a key enabling technology for low emission mobility and for energy storage. Study on critical raw materials at eu level final report. In this respect, mineral resource information and data sharing by european. European commission publishes new critical raw materials list 27 crms confirmed on september 2017, the european commission published a communication on its longawaited 2017 list of critical raw materials crms, which features 27 raw materials and updates the 2014 list. Press releases european union website, the official eu website.
Since 2011, the european commission assesses a 3year list of critical raw materials crms for the eu economy within its raw materials initiative. Although all raw materials are important, some of them are of more concern than others, thus the list of critical raw materials crms for the eu, and the underlying european commission ec criticality assessment methodology, are key instruments in the context of the eu raw materials policy. The primary purpose of the list is to identify the raw materials with a high supplyrisk and a high economic importance to which reliable and unhindered access is a concern for european industry and value chains. Materials scoping the scope of materials considered in this report includes fiftyfour nonenergy, non agricultural abiotic and biotic materials which have been identified as important to the eus economy table 4. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the header. The national science and technology council nstc is the.
Information gaps and available solutions security of supply and scarcity of raw materials. The raw materials initiative critical raw materials for the eu. Factsheets 2017 download the full set of 2017 critical raw materials factsheets for critical raw materials. China is the major supplier of critical raw materials, accounting for 70% of their global supply and 62% of their supply to the eu e. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Critical metals in strategic energy technologies 5 abstract due to the rapid growth in demand for certain materials, compounded by political risks associated with the geographical concentration of the supply of them, a shortage of these materials could be a potential. Ec 2010c critical raw materials for the eu report of the adhoc working group. Pdf the eu raw materials initiative scope and critical. Access to raw materials is of growing concern for the european economy. The 5th trilateral euusjapan conference on critical materials.
The list of 14 critical commodities is based on the report published by the european commission, dg entreprise and industry. Oct 09, 2016 securing critical raw materials for europe presentation at immc istanbul 2016 1. Cost action solutions for critical raw materials under extreme conditions, supported by cost european cooperation in science and technology, h2020 grant agreement twinning 692216 the virtual center for sustainable development of advanced materials operating under extreme conditions acronym supermat and h2020 sfera ii. The report builds on does previous work in this area and provides updated analyses on a range of topics. New trend of efficient management of critical materials. This communication updates the 2014 list of critical raw materials.
The usa also recognises the strategic importance of certain raw materials, particularly those that it doesnt produce. The 2014 list includes of the 14 materials identified in the previous list of 2011, with only tantalum moving out of the list due to a lower supply risk. Methodology for establishing the eu list of critical raw materials annexes, publications office of the european union, luxemburg, 2017, 97892797026, doi. Pdf the european parliament has adopted a resolution that proposes focusing research and development on the substitution of critical raw materials to. The raw m aterials initiative was put forward in 2008 to tackle the challenges related to the access to raw materials.
European commission publishes new critical raw materials list. Material security ensuring resource availability for the uk economy european commission, 2010. Pdf report on the current use of critical raw materials. A methodological framework for supply chain sustainability assessment joint research centre ranco, italy, september 2012 malwina nowakowska european commission, dg enterprise and industry. These materials are mainly used in energy transition and digital technologies. Scrreen solutions for critical raw materials a european expert network. Enterprise and industry directorate general website materialsdocuments. Wrap will be publishing analysis and reports from this project toward the end of 2016. Summary of jrc support annual critical raw material event 7 november 2017.
The lack of data on the trade of various communities and on real consumptions at country level, the. Page 7 data and ict based tools play an important role across the whole product life cycle to increase the efficiency of raw materials supply e. It takes into account actual eu sourcing net imports divided by a sum of domestic production with net imports and the level of import dependency in the calculation of supply risk. Another factor that determines the supply risks, relates to the potential to substitute the raw material by another one. This page ntentionally eft lank department of energy. The critical raw material recovery project is working to ensure that a wider range of minerals and metals are recovered during recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment in europe. The european union aspires to reducing the import dependency of raw materials that are critical to its industries. To date, 14 crms were identified in 2011, 20 in 2014 and 27 in 2017. Recent years have seen a rapid growth in the number of materials used across products. There is no ranking order of the raw materials in terms of criticality. May 26, 2014 20 critical raw materials major challenge for eu industry.
The list of critical raw materials crm for the eu is a central element of this initiative. This report is a background document used by several european commission services to prepare the ec report on critical raw materials and the circular economy, a commitment of the european. Commissions communication on 2017 list of critical raw materials for the eu. Critical raw materials european commission european union. Pdf critical raw materials and the circular economy. The critical materials appear in the upper right sections of the plots. It gives a detailed analysis of the current raw material supply and use situation in austria as well as other eu countries. Eu critical raw materials in the circular economy and.
Securing critical raw materials for europe presentation at. Critical raw materials, minerals policy, landuse planning and permitting the european raw material initiative of 2008, renewed in 2011, has launched a series of actions aimed at the establishment of favourable framework conditions for the extraction of raw materials within europe to secure the needs of the european industry and society as a whole. The list of crm for the eu is subject to regular update at least every three years, in order to reflect production, market and technology developments, and the number of raw materials assessed has increased with each update. Assessment of the methodology for establishing the eu list of. Solutions for critical raw materials under extreme conditions.
Critical raw materials for the eu critical raw materials not a new topic. Hence, the supply risks of a certain raw material will only fully impact on the eu economy if the raw material cannot be substituted. Substitution and recycling are considered riskreducing measures. In the context of the eu raw materials strategy, this study identifies the raw materials that are important for the european defence industry and evaluates. The eu is highly dependent on imports of raw materials that are crucial for a strong european industrial base, an essential building block of the eus growth and competitiveness. The raw materials strategy and the raw materials plan have the objective to ensure a sustainable supply of raw materials to the industry. The critical raw materials substitution profiles the report consists of 14 raw material profiles describing the main uses and an assessment of substitution possibilities for each of the raw materials identified as critical for the eu in 2010. Sustainability evaluation of essential critical raw materials. It highlights the challenges and bottlenecks of securing the supply of battery raw materials but, more importantly, it identifies large gaps in our knowledge at eu level. Eiis are the lifeblood of key value chains in eu but also their supply chains are linked to other eiis.
The eu study evaluated the supply risks and importance of 41 raw materials not produced in europe yet essential to its economic vitality over the. None of these criticality assessments claim to be exact science. The eu raw materials strategy aims at securing affordable access to natural resources for european companies and seeks to use all policy instruments, including development policy, to reach this. The report finds that many clean energy technologies depend on raw materials with potential supply risks. Read online study on critical raw materials at eu level final report book pdf free download link book now. The list of critical raw materials is established on the basis of the assessed raw materials which reach or exceed the thresholds for both parameters defined by the european commission. The 5th trilateral eu usjapan conference on critical materials. Copernicus for raw materials eu advanced mining country raw materials diplomacy dialogue 5th annual high level conference of the eip on raw materials horizon 2020 brokerage event societal challenge 5 incl. The project will explore commercial opportunities for harvesting critical raw materials and precious metals including gold, silver and platinum group metals, from everyday unwanted electronic products. Recombinant leuteinizing hormone lh also known as lutropin and lutrophin. Pdf substitutionability of critical raw materials researchgate.
Nov 12, 2019 the eu should take measures to prevent used batteries from leaking out from the eu by setting up an effective control mechanism for the exports of used batteries in order to secure the future supply of critical raw materials. On september 2017, the european commission published a communication on its longawaited 2017 list of critical raw materials crms, which features 27 raw materials and updates the 2014 list. These three aggregated indicators are calculated for each of the 41 assessed mineral raw materials. Although the domestic production of certain critical raw materials exists in the eu, notably hafnium, in most cases the eu is dependent on imports from non eu countries. Highlighting the potential to make the use of the 27 critical materials in our economy more circular.
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