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27th of February 2017
STRADE publishes policy brief on EU raw material import flows
STRADE's policy brief 02/2017 analyses the European import flows of metals in various processing states and the connections with specific environmental and socio-economic issues in resource-rich countries.
27th of February 2017
STRADE publishes policy brief on minerals and metals from non-EU countries
STRADE's policy brief 01/2017 examines the role and responsibility of European institutions to positively influence the environmental and social conditions of raw materials production in non-EU countries.
30th of December 2016
STRADE publishes policy brief on voluntary initiatives, principles and criteria on socio-economic sustainability in mining
STRADE's policy brief 09/2016 reviews socio-economic principles and criteria in voluntary and legally non-binding initiatives with particular relevance for the ore mining sector.
European Commission published the report "critical raw materials for the EU"
8th of July 2010 by Stefanie Degreif
In June the European Commission published the report "critical raw materials for the EU". This report analyses a selection of 41 minerals and metals. In line with other studies the report puts forward a relative concept of criticality. Based on a criticality methodology calculations are made regarding the economic importance and supply risk of the 41 materials. The Group lists 14 raw materials as critical due to their high relative economic importance and to high relative supply risk. The 14 critical raw materials are (in alphabetical order): Antimony, Beryllium, Cobalt, Fluorspar, Gallium, Germanium, Graphite, Indium, Magnesium, Niobium, PGMs (Platinum Group Metals), Rare earths, Tantalum, Tungsten. In the end the Group gives recommendations for continuing with this issue.
You can find this report on the European Commission-Homepage - Departements and service - Enterprise and Industry - Policy highlights - raw materials - critical raw materials.