Efficient Use of Critical Raw Materials for Optimal Resource Management in EU Countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27350%2F22%3A10251510" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27350/22:10251510 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/11/6554" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/11/6554</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14116554" target="_blank" >10.3390/su14116554</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Efficient Use of Critical Raw Materials for Optimal Resource Management in EU Countries

Original language description

The European Commission has established a Critical Raw Materials List (CRM) for the European Union (EU), which is subject to regular review and updating. CRMs are needed in many key industries such as automotive, steel, aerospace, renewable energy, etc. To address this issue, we studied publicly available data from databases developed by the EU for monitoring the progress of individual countries in key areas for the development of society. The paper analyzes indicators of import reliance, net additions to stock, domestic material consumption (DMC), resource productivity, and circular material use rate. Prospective products and technologies, in electromobility, digitalization, Industry 4.0, and energy transformation, are changing and increasing the demand for raw materials. The aim of this article is to look at the ways forward in order to use critical raw materials as efficiently as possible while at the same time ensuring the optimal economy of the countries. From the sources and databases of data available for the EU, we analyzed a number of variables and suggested options for future developments in the efficient use of critical raw materials. We defined what we believed to be the optimal management means in relation to critical raw materials and worked backwards to find a path to efficient use of critical raw materials.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20703 - Mining and mineral processing

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

2071-1050

Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

nestrankovano

UT code for WoS article

000808804400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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