Global material flows and demand-supply forecasting for mineral strategies
MinFuture project aims to identify, integrate, and develop expertise for global material flow analysis and scenario modelling.
Financial support:
EC - Horizont 2020
Project duration:
2016–2018
Coordinator of the project in CUEC:
Project description:
Global demand for minerals is growing rapidly, driven by rapid population growth, urbanisation and an increasingly diverse range of technical applications. Global material supply chains linking the extraction, transport and processing stages of raw materials have become increasingly complex and today involve multiple players and product components. An interactive platform that provides transparency about existing approaches and information gaps concerning global material flows is needed to understand these global supply chains; developing this capability is critical for maintaining competitiveness in the European economy. Against this backdrop, the proposed MinFuture project aims to identify, integrate, and develop expertise for global material flow analysis and scenario modelling.
Realization team :
Jan Weinzettel
Outputs:
