Transcript EU Critical Raw Materials

European Innovation Partnership on
Raw Materials
Claire Claessen, January 2013
9.5 billion people expected to live on the
planet by 2050
3 billion more middle-class consumers
forecast in the global economy by 2030
Endangered Elements
• As much gold in 1 tonne
of computer scrap as in 17
tonnes of gold ore
• Concentration of platinum
in the dust on the streets
of Birmingham is higher
than in the ore it came
from
• More copper above the
ground in use that left in
viable supplies
Chuquicamata mine, Chile
• Rh mining generates
30,000 kgCO2 per kg
Newman iron ore mine, Pilbara, Australia – Google Earth
Concentration of critical minerals
EU Raw Materials Initiative, June 2010
Secondary Metals
Elements in a Mobile Phone
Roughly 40 different elements
H, Li, Be, C, N, O, F, Al, Si, S, Cl,
K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu,
Zn, Ga, As, Br, Sr, Y, Zr, Ru, Pd,
Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, Ba, Ta, W, Pt,
Au, Hg, Pb, Bi, Nd.
mobile phone weighing 100
grams, contains
13.7 g of copper
0.189 g of silver
0.028 g of gold
0.014 g of palladium
Source: Basel Convention, 2006; Lindholm (Nokia report), 2003
EU Critical Raw Materials
EU Raw Materials Initiative, June 2010
EU Critical Raw Materials
Critical Raw Materials at EU level
• Antimony
• Niobium
• Beryllium
• Platinum Group Metals
(Pt, Pd, Ir, Rh, Ru, Os)
• Cobalt
• Fluorspar
• Rare Earths
(Y, Sc, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm,
• Gallium
Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er,
• Germanium
Tm, Yb, Lu)
• Graphite
• Tantalum
• Indium
• Tungsten
• Magnesium
EU Raw Materials Initiative, June 2010
Background
EU “Raw Materials Initiative”
• Aim: securing sustainable supplies of raw materials
• Launched in 2008, consolidated in 2011
• Non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials
• Connecting EU external and internal policies
• Integrated strategy (3 pillars)
EIP Objectives
Contribute to the 2020 objectives of the EU Industrial Policy (to increase the
share of industry in GDP to 20%), the Innovation Union and the Resource
Efficiency 'flagships'
Specific objectives:
• Reduce import dependency
• Improve supply conditions from European and other sources
• Push Europe to the forefront in raw materials sectors
• Provide alternatives in supply
• Mitigate negative environmental and social impacts
EIP targets 2020
•
Up to 10 innovative pilot actions e.g. demonstration pilot plants
for exploration, mining, processing, collecting and recycling
•
Substitutes for at least 3 applications of critical raw materials
•
Regulatory framework for primary raw materials
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Regulatory framework for secondary raw materials
•
Raw materials knowledge base with raw materials flows and
trends
•
Raw materials network of Research, Education and Training
Centres
•
Pro-active international cooperation strategy of EU at bilateral
and multilateral level
Approach
Developing a Strategic Implementation Plan
• Technology-focused areas
• Exploration, extraction, processing, recycling …
• Substitution, alternative functionalities and materials
• Non-technology policy areas
• Improving Europe's raw materials framework
conditions, knowledge base and infrastructure
• Improving Europe's recycling framework conditions
and excellence
• International cooperation
• Promoting international cooperation
Approach
Call for Commitments
– launched on 31 October (closing on 31 January
2014)
– next calls in 2015, 2017 and 2019
https://ec.europa.eu/eip/raw-materials/en/content/call-commitments
Raw Materials
in
Raw Materials in Challenge 5
• "Growing a low carbon, resource efficient economy with a
sustainable supply of raw materials"
– New solutions for sustainable production of raw materials
– Innovative and sustainable solutions leading to substitution of raw
materials
– Coordinating and supporting raw materials research and innovation
• "Waste: A resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw
materials"
– Recycling of raw materials from products and buildings
– Towards near-zero waste at European and global level - Secondary
raw materials inventory
Raw Materials in Industrial Leadership
• "Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials and
Production"
– Novel materials by design for substituting critical elements
• "SPIRE: Sustainable Process Industries"
– Recovery Technologies for Metals and other Minerals
SME Specific Opportunities
• SME Instrument
– Boosting the potential of small businesses for EcoInnovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials
• Eurostars
– Bottom-up scheme supporting R&D intensive SMEs
Network of Networks
ERECON:
European Rare Earth
Competency Network
Material Security Special Interest Group
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