HR Excellence in research Unia Europejska
HR Excellence in research Unia Europejska
BIP

Projects

MinFuture: Global material flows and demand-supply forecasting for mineral strategies.

MinFuture: Global material flows and demand-supply forecasting for mineral strategies.

Implementation period: 2016-01-01 - 2018-12-31

Type: International

Division: The Division of Strategic Research

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. Knowledge that enhances transparency on 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.