+ANNEX I Strategic raw materials

ANNEX I Strategic raw materials



ANNEX I

Strategic raw materials

Section 1

List of strategic raw materials

The following raw materials shall be considered strategic:

(a) 

bauxite/alumina/aluminium

(b) 

bismuth

(c) 

boron — metallurgy grade

(d) 

cobalt

(e) 

copper

(f) 

gallium

(g) 

germanium

(h) 

lithium — battery grade

(i) 

magnesium metal

(j) 

manganese — battery grade

(k) 

graphite — battery grade

(l) 

nickel — battery grade

(m) 

platinum group metals

(n) 

rare earth elements for permanent magnets (Nd, Pr, Tb, Dy, Gd, Sm, and Ce)

(o) 

silicon metal

(p) 

titanium metal

(q) 

tungsten.

Section 2

Methodology to select strategic raw materials

1. The strategic importance shall be determined on the basis of the relevance of a raw material for the green and digital transition as well as defence and aerospace applications, in accordance with the following criteria:

(a) 

the amount of strategic technologies using a raw material as an input;

(b) 

the amount of a raw material needed for manufacturing relevant strategic technologies;

(c) 

the expected global demand for relevant strategic technologies.

2. The forecasted demand growth (DF/C,τ ) shall be calculated as follows:

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where:

DFτ is the global annual demand forecast for a raw material in year τ;

GSτο is the global annual production of a raw material for a reference period τ0 .

3. The difficulty of increasing production shall be determined taking into account at least:

(a) 

the current global annual production scale of a raw material;

(b) 

the reserves-production ratio of a raw material, based on known reserves of economically extractable geological resources and current global annual production;

(c) 

lead-times for new projects increasing supply capacity, when reliable information is available.

1. Ħarsa ġenerali

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1.1 Referenzi

1.2 Rekwiżiti identifikati

1.3 Standards relatati

2. Rekwiżiti identifikati

Rekwiżiti

3. Standards relatati

Standards