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Key Project Reports
Title: CRM Substitution Roadmaps
This report describes the five roadmaps for the substitution of critical raw materials in products and technologies, which are essential for technolog...
Published: December 2015
log in to view documentTitle: Policy Brief for Critical Raw Material Substitution
A policy brief for Stimulating substitution for the benefit of the European industry, aligning future needs with today's capabilities Dow...
Published: October 2015
log in to view documentTitle: Policy Development
This document presents the CRM_InnoNet project conceptual and methodological approaches to critical raw materials substitution and integrates outcomes...
Published: August 2015
log in to view documentTitle: Final report on potential financing mechanisms and Innovation Network working structure and methodology
To probe the sustainability of the Innovation Network, a study was performed to investigate how the created Innovation Network on substitution of CRMs...
Published: August 2015
log in to view documentTitle: Final report on lessons learnt after the organisation of the three foreseen workshops
Three strategic workshops were conceived and realised during the project lifetime to establish the basis of the Innovation Network and to provide a pl...
Published: August 2015
log in to view documentTitle: Critical Raw Material Substitution Profiles - Revised May 2015
In order to understand the opportunities and challenges presented by critical raw materials, and the areas where substitution could offer a solution, ...
Published: June 2015
log in to view documentTitle: Critical Raw Materials Substitution Policies - Country Profiles
The report consists of 35 policy profiles describing national and local policies dealing with CRM substitution. In addition RTD programmes related to ...
Published: June 2015
log in to view documentTitle: Summary Report of the Supply Chain Analysis of the Energy, ICT and Electronics and Transport Sectors
Author: CRM_InnoNet
This report summarises the results of analysis of the energy, ICT and electronics and transport sectors to identify critical raw material (CRM) d...
Published: November 2014
log in to view documentTitle: Critical Raw Material Supply Chain Analysis for the Transport Sector
Author: CRM_InnoNet
The objectives of this report is to identify specific Critical Raw Materials (CRM) dependence of the transport sector and through the analysis of spe...
Published: May 2014
log in to view documentTitle: Critical Raw Material Supply Chain Analysis for the ICT Sector
Author: CRM_InnoNet
The objectives of this report is to identify specific Critical Raw Materials (CRM) dependence of the ICT sector and through the analysis of specific ...
Published: January 2014
log in to view documentTitle: Critical Raw Material Supply Chain Analysis for the Energy Sector
Author: CRM_InnoNet
The objectives of this report is to identify specific Critical Raw Materials (CRM) dependence of the energy sector and through the analysis of specif...
Published: January 2014
log in to view documentTitle: Critical Raw Materials Substitution Profiles
Author: CRM_InnoNet
The CRM_InnoNet consortium has carried out a mapping exercise to produce a ‘critical raw material subsitution profile’ for each of the materia...
Published: September 2013
log in to view documentProject Marketing Resources
Title: Final Project Brochure
The end of project brochure summarising key achievements and outputs by CRM_InnoNet. Download here...
Published: September 2015
log in to view documentTitle: CRM_InnoNet Policy Workshop Presentations and Posters
Author: CRM_InnoNet
CRM_InnoNet held a recent Policy workshop ‘Paving the way for substitution of critical raw materials’ on 3rd March 2015 at the Diamant Center, Bru...
Published: March 2015
log in to view documentTitle: DRAFT SEMICON CRM_Innonet Workshop Flyer
Author: CRM_InnoNet
Workshop Objectives To highlight threats and opportunities related to availability of raw materials in the ICT and electronics sector To ...
Published: June 2014
log in to view documentTitle: CRM_InnoNet poster
Author: CRM_InnoNet
Poster highlighting the progress of CRM_InnoNet over the last year. Download now ...
Published: April 2014
log in to view documentTitle: CRM_InnoNet Warsaw Workshop Presentations and Posters
Author: CRM_InnoNet
CRM_InnoNet held a recent project workshop ‘Substitution of Critical Raw Materials –Importance for European Industry’ on Monday 16th September i...
Published: September 2013
log in to view documentTitle: CRM_InnoNet A4 project flyer
Author: CRM_InnoNet
Short downloadable project description. Download now [DATE: November 2012]...
Published: May 2013
log in to view documentTitle: Innovation Network Workshop - Sector Breakout Outputs
Author: CRM_InnoNet
The downloadable document contains a compilation of the different SWOT diagrams that were elaborated by the participants of each one of the breakout s...
Published: April 2013
log in to view documentTitle: CRM_InnoNet one-page executive summary
Author: CRM_InnoNet
Short downloadable project description. Download now [DATE: November 2012]...
Published: October 2012
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Title: Report on Critical Raw Materials for the EU
Author: DG Enterprise and Industry
The Ad hoc Working Group on defining critical raw materials published the "Report on Critical Raw Materials for the EU" in May 2014. The report consti...
Published: March 2015
log in to view documentTitle: Strategic Implementation Plan for the EIP on Raw Materials
Author: EIP on Raw Materials
The high Level Steering Group of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials released a Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) in autumn 2...
Published: March 2015
log in to view documentTitle: Report: Materials Critical to the Energy Industry - An Introduction
Author: BP p.l.c
Abstract: The aim of this handbook is to provide an introduction to the complex supply chains that lead from geological processes to the refined ma...
Published: June 2014
log in to view documentTitle: Critical materials for the transition to a 100% sustainable energy future
Author: WWF and Ecofys
This study examines whether non-energy raw material supply bottlenecks could occur in the transition to a fully sustainable energy system. Such a t...
Published: April 2014
log in to view documentTitle: Yale analysis of substitutability of 62 metals
Author: T. E. Graedel, E. M. Harper, N. T. Nassar and Barbara K. Reck, Yale University
Professor Tom Graedel and team at Yale have published work which includes an assessment of the substitutability of 62 metals. The paper, entitled �...
Published: October 2013
log in to view documentTitle: Critical Materials and the Implications for Wales
Author: Ecodesign Centre
One of a series of policy briefing documents produced by the Ecodesign Centre, this reports considers the implications of critical materials for Wales...
Published: June 2013
log in to view documentTitle: Platinum 2013
Author: Johnson Matthey
A review of platinum supply and demand in 2012 by Johnson Matthey. Key points: Platinum was in deficit by 375,000 oz in 2012, largely due to p...
Published: May 2013
log in to view documentTitle: Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles
Author: United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) have recently launched a report entitled Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows a...
Published: May 2013
log in to view documentTitle: Resource Scarcity
Resources or materials are considered 'scarce' or 'critical' when there is a high demand from industry combined with a risk to their supply. Due to E...
Published: May 2013
log in to view documentTitle: Raw Materials in the Industrial Value Chain
Author: ERT
This booklet provides an explanation about the importance of raw materials for the European value chain by providing a view across industry sectors as...
Published: January 2013
log in to view documentTitle: Resources Futures
Author: Chatham House
Report from Chatham House detailing increasing fears over resource security and a number of detailed policy recommendations and interventions. Down...
Published: December 2012
log in to view documentTitle: Resource Efficiency in European Industry
Author: European Parliament DG Internal Policies
Abstract "Resource efficiency has rightly become a priority in the EU. Evidence indicates that using resources more efficiently reduces material cos...
Published: November 2012
log in to view documentTitle: UK Energy Research Centre Materials Availability Handbook
Author: UK ERC
The UK Energy Research Centre have produced a booklet detailing 10 elements which they consider critical components for low carbon energy technologies...
Published: October 2012
log in to view documentTitle: Substitutionability Critical Raw Materials Report
Author: DG Internal Policies
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution that proposes focusing Research and Development on the substitution of critical raw materials to supp...
Published: October 2012
log in to view documentTitle: Organic Electronics for a Better Tomorrow: Innovation, Accessibility, Sustainability
Author: RSC
The RSC has published a White Paper on the opportunities surrounding Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology. Download now [DATE: Sep...
Published: September 2012
log in to view documentTitle: Resources that Don’t Cost the Earth
Author: Royal Society of Chemistry
The Resources that Don’t Cost the Earth workshop was held at the British Embassy in Berlin, 1-2 December 2011. It was organised in partnership with...
Published: June 2012
log in to view documentTitle: Critical materials and The Netherlands – a view from the industrial-technological sector
Author: Derk Bol Materials innovation institute (M2i) and Ton Bastein (TNO)
Supply certainty of many metals and industrial minerals, crucial to modern society, is decreasing as a result of increasing demand combined with a ra...
Published: April 2012
log in to view documentTitle: Critical Materials in Strategic Energy Technologies
Author: JRC
A JRC scientific and technical report assessing rare metals as supply-chain bottlenecks in low carbon technologies. Download now [DATE: 2011...
Published: December 2011
log in to view documentTitle: Case Study on Critical Metals in Mobile Phones
Author: OECD
This report seeks to identify issues of policy incoherence, incentive structures, as well as market and regulatory failures at different phases of the...
Published: November 2011
log in to view documentTitle: Uncovering the Global Life Cycles of the Rare Earth Elements
Author: Xiaoyue Du & T. E. Graedel
A paper from the Graedel laboratory at Yale detailing quantitative life cycles for ten rare earth elements: lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium...
Published: November 2011
log in to view documentTitle: Critical Materials For Sustainable Energy Applications
Author: Resnick Institute
Executive summary "This report examines the current and future outlook for critical materials used in sustainable energy applications. These are ma...
Published: September 2011
log in to view documentTitle: European Pathway to Zero Waste (EPOW) report
Author: EPOW
Study into the feasibility of protecting and recovering critical raw materials through infrastructure development in the south east of England...
Published: March 2011
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