Development of decision-making tools to create a harmonised UK national mineral resource inventory using the United Nations Framework Classification

T. Bide, T.J. Brown, A.G. Gunn and E. Deady

Resources Policy, 2022, vol. 76, issue C

Abstract: The need to better understand how we source and consume the raw materials required for decarbonisation is driving a growing demand for data on mineral resources. A key application of these data is to understand resource potential, by evaluating known ‘geological stocks’ of raw materials based on estimates of mineral resources and reserves. However, the available resource data are often incomplete, totally lacking or compiled in different ways (i.e. industry reported data, which has significantly different user requirements to that of national level policy makers), making comparisons and aggregation near impossible.

Keywords: Mineral resource; UNFC; Resource management; Resource classification; Critical minerals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102558

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