Title: CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS
Course: Scarcity or not scarcity: That's the question

Critical raw materials - CRM

Raw materials are crucial to Europe’s economy. They form a strong industrial base, producing a broad range of goods and applications used in everyday life and modern technologies. Reliable and unhindered access to certain raw materials is a growing concern within the EU and across the globe. To address this challenge, the European Commission has created a list of critical raw materials (CRMs) for the EU, which is subject to a regular review and update. CRMs combine raw materials of high importance to the EU economy and of high risk associated with their supply.

- First list of CRMs - in 2011, a list of 14 CRMs was published in the communication on raw materials.
- Second list of CRMs – in 2014, a first revised list of 20 CRMs was published in the communication on the list of critical raw materials 2014.
- Third list of CRMs – in 2017, a third list of 27 CRMs was published in the communication on the list of critical raw materials 2017
- Fourth list of CRMs - in 2020, a fourth list of 30 CRMs was published in the communication on critical raw mate

https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/raw-materials/areas-specific-interest/critical-raw-materials_en

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52017DC0490

Question to ponder:

Regardeless of the fact that Europe is a large consumer, and we are dealing with high risk of exhaustion materials, what do you think about the recycled % of tantalum and indium, for instance?
Scaring, istn't it?
Well, keep looking at the following video and articles, and you will be even more surprised.

Tantalum source: Coltan

https://youtu.be/F5VZtJDYWNM

Boston University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5VZtJDYWNM