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30th of November 2016
STRADE publishes policy brief on voluntary initiatives, principles and criteria on environmental sustainability in mining
The STRADE team from Oeko published policy brief 07/2016 that reviews environmental principles and criteria in voluntary and legally non-binding initiatives with particular relevance for the ore mining sector.
31st of October 2016
STRADE publishes policy brief on socio-economic challenges
Oeko-Institut's STRADE team published another policy brief, no. 05/2016 (Outlining Socio - Economic Challenges in the Non - Fuel Mining Sector), addressing the socio-economic challenges related to the extraction process of mining.
30th of September 2016
STRADE publishes policy brief on environmental challenges
The STRADE team from Oeko-Institut published its first policy brief, no. 04/2016, reviewing environmental impacts and ecological challenges in raw material production.
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.