Eu highly dependent on imports of important raw materials (metals and industrial minerals) which are increasingly affected by market distortions

EU highly dependent on imports of important raw materials (metals and industrial minerals) which are increasingly affected by market distortions

• EU highly dependent on imports of important raw materials (metals and industrial minerals) which are increasingly affected by market distortions

• Still potential in Europe (self-sufficient supply for construction materials, potential for other raw materials), but exploration and extraction face ongoing increasing competition for different land uses and a highly regulated environment

Integrated strategy

• Integrated strategy

• based on three pillars

Challenging unjustified trade distortive measures

• Challenging unjustified trade distortive measures

• Bilateral negotiations on export restrictions

• Raising awareness

• Trade Annual Activity Report 2009

agreement African Union Commission / European Commission in Addis Ababa, June 2010, to launch a bilateral co-operation in three areas:

• agreement African Union Commission / European Commission in Addis Ababa, June 2010, to launch a bilateral co-operation in three areas:

• Governance
• Infrastructure / investment
• Geological knowledge / skills

• Based on African Mining Vision

• and EU Raw Materials Initiative

Promote the exchange of best practice in land use planning and administrative conditions for exploration and extraction

• Promote the exchange of best practice in land use planning and administrative conditions for exploration and extraction

• Encourage better networking between national geological surveys to increase the EU's knowledge base

• Develop guidelines the compatibility between Natura 2000 and extractive activities

Under FP7 new funding opportunities have recently been created for projects on:

• Under FP7 new funding opportunities have recently been created for projects on:

• Advanced underground technologies for intelligent mining
• Substitution of critical raw materials
• Coordination of activities in Member States in the area of the industrial handling of raw material

Huge potential of EU’s Urban Mines

• Huge potential of EU’s Urban Mines

• Tackle illegal shipment of waste to third countries through a more harmonised enforcement of Waste Shipment Regulation

• Develop best practices in the area of collection and treatment of key waste streams

• Develop eco-design measures aimed at fostering more efficient use of raw materials in products

The Commission plans to publish a Roadmap on how to move towards a resource efficient Europe by summer 2011.

• The Commission plans to publish a Roadmap on how to move towards a resource efficient Europe by summer 2011.

• The roadmap will set out specific resource efficiency objectives, and how to meet them, based on actions up to 2020 with a time perspective of up to 2050.

41 raw materials analysed

• 41 raw materials analysed

• Time horizon: 10 years

• A pragmatic approach

• Three main aggregated indicators

• economic importance
• supply risks
• environmental country risks

Aluminum Antimony Barytes Bauxite

• Aluminum Antimony Barytes Bauxite

• Bentonite Beryllium Borates Chromium

• Clays (incl. kaolin) Cobalt Copper Diatomite

• Feldspar Fluorspar Gallium Germanium

• Graphite Gypsum Indium Iron ore

• Limestone Lithium Magnesite Magnesium

• Manganese Molybdenum Nickel Niobium Perlite Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)

• Rare earths (REE) Rhenium Silica sand

• Silver Talc Tantalum

• Tellurium Titanium

• Tungsten Vanadium

• Zinc

Importance for economic value chain and emerging (key) technologies

• Importance for economic value chain and emerging (key) technologies

• Renewable energy: solar cells, wind turbines
• Energy efficiency: hybrid and electric cars, LED lighting, batteries
• Electronics: flat screens, mobile phones
• Aerospace: light weight alloys

High supply risks

• High supply risks

• High share of the worldwide production

• China (antimony, fluorspar, gallium, germanium, graphite, indium, magnesium, REE, tungsten)
• Russia (PGM)
• Congo (cobalt, tantalum)
• Brazil (niobium, tantalum)

• Low substitutability

• REE, PGM

• Low recycling rates

• When used in very low concentrations

Graphite

• Graphite

Two types of recommendations

• Two types of recommendations

• follow-up and further support

• policy-oriented recommendations (areas where measures should be undertaken)

Up-date the list every 5 years and enlarge the scope

• Up-date the list every 5 years and enlarge the scope

• Improve the availability and quality of statistical information and prepare a Yearbook

• Carry out further studies, e.g. competition to land use, « cradle-to-grave » LCAs, emerging technologies

• Establish a sub-group of the Raw Material Supply Group on criticality

Access to primary resources

• Access to primary resources

• Land use and permitting in the EU
• Company exploration as research (fiscal issues)
• Promote RTD
• Promote good governance in developing countries

• Trade and investment

• Maintain and strengthen the EU trade policy, pursue dispute settlement in WTO, engage in consultations
• Raise awareness in multilateral fora
• A new EU-wide policy on foreign investment
• Coherence of EU policies with respect to raw materials

Recycling

• Recycling

• Improve collection
• Prevent illegal exports of End-of-Life products
• Promote research

• Substitution

• Promote research

• Material Efficiency

• Minimise the raw material used
• Minimise raw material losses

Integrated strategy

• Integrated strategy

• based on three pillars