EU methodology for critical raw materials assessment: Policy needs and proposed solutions for incremental improvements

Gian Andrea Blengini, Philip Nuss, Jo Dewulf, Viorel Nita, Laura Talens Peirò, Beatriz Vidal-Legaz, Cynthia Latunussa, Lucia Mancini, Darina Blagoeva, David Pennington, Mattia Pellegrini, Alexis Van Maercke, Slavko Solar, Milan Grohol and Constantin Ciupagea

Resources Policy, 2017, vol. 53, issue C, 12-19

Abstract: Raw materials form the basis of Europe's economy to ensure jobs and competitiveness, and they are essential for maintaining and improving quality of life. 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.

Keywords: Resource criticality assessment; Supply risk; Economic importance; Trade barriers; Import reliance; Recycling; Supply chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.05.008

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