How to evaluate raw material supply risks—an overview

Achzet, Benjamin; Helbig, Christoph

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.06.003

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“…Complementary academic studies are rapidly evolving and various versions of criticality methodology have been presented [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

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Metal Criticality Determination for Australia, the US, and the Planet—Comparing 2008 and 2012 Results

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Episodic supply shortages of metals and unsettling predictions of potential supply constraints in the future have led to a series of recent criticality evaluations. This study applies a consistent criticality methodology to the United States, Australia, and to the global level for both 2008 and 2012. It is the first time that criticality assessments are presented for Australia, a country that contrasts with the United States in terms of its mineral deposits and metal use characteristics. We use the Yale criticality methodology, which measures Supply Risk (SR), Environmental Implications (EI), and Vulnerability to Supply Restriction (VSR) to derive criticality assessments for five major metals (Al, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn) and for indium (In). We find only modest changes in SR between 2008 and 2012 at both country and global levels; these changes are due to revisions in resource estimates. At the country level, Australia's VSR for Ni, Cu, and Zn is 23%-33% lower than that for the United States, largely because of Australia's abundant domestic resources. At the global level, SR is much higher for In, Ni, Cu, and Zn than for Al and Fe as a consequence of SR's longer time horizon and anticipated supply/demand constraints. The results emphasize the dynamic nature of criticality and its variance between countries and among metals.

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“…Complementary academic studies are rapidly evolving and various versions of criticality methodology have been presented [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Metal Criticality Determination for Australia, the US, and the Planet—Comparing 2008 and 2012 Results

et al. 2016

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“…In other words, criticality in its meaning of "state of being critical" can refer to something as being vital, absolutely essential as well as to something that is verging on the state of emergency. At the same time, [10] notes that 'criticality' of rare materials is a term strongly influenced by national policy, being predominantly used in reports of governments or consulting organizations. The ecological, political, social, ethical and technical aspects of criticality can be furthermore considered.…”

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Rare earth element criticality and sustainable management

Drost¹,

Wang²

2016

Proceedings of the 2015 4th International Conference on Sensors, Measurement and Intelligent Materials

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Abstract. Rare earth elements (REEs) are critical for their functions in many clean energy technologies, but many of these technologies use REEs which are at risk of supply disruption. For this reason, scientific research on the problems surrounding the supply side of these rare earth elements (REE) has recently bloomed. Concerns about tighter supplies that might increase costs for producing the necessary green technology take the "criticality" of some of these elements as a warning sign. In many papers, a cursory explanation of this criticality is given at most. In order to come up with management strategies that are able to help address the criticality of some of these elements, a scientific plausible picture should be given. The aim of this paper is do so by basing itself on a literature review of recent work.

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“…Consequently, the systematic evaluation of raw material criticality has been the subject of numerous studies in recent years [9]. Several working groups around the world have made criticality assessments for raw materials to analyze the driving impact factors for the instability [10]. Access and affordability of mineral raw materials are crucial for the proper functioning of the national economy.…”

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Assessment process of concept for mining and its impact on the region

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Abstract. Raw materials policy of the Slovak republic is currently in stage of the stagnation due to complex conception and outdated data (not updated from 2003). Nowadays there is an effort of the state to develop a completely new concept of the raw material policy using best available techniques in the given field. Paper is based on the study case of assessment of regional impacts of mining and processing the gold ore to public finance derived from real contitions of the Slovak republic region. Results achieved originates from the models for the assessment of the project of mining as well as from the model of environmental and social impact assessment. The main aim of the contribution is to increase the effectiveness in raw materials using with regard to environmental and social impact of the assessed region which could be implemented to the raw materials policy on the national level.

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How to evaluate raw material supply risks—an overview

Cited by 194 publications

References 7 publications

Metal Criticality Determination for Australia, the US, and the Planet—Comparing 2008 and 2012 Results

Metal Criticality Determination for Australia, the US, and the Planet—Comparing 2008 and 2012 Results

Rare earth element criticality and sustainable management

Assessment process of concept for mining and its impact on the region

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