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The unprecedented FutuRaM (Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials) survey involved analysis of 42 critical elements contained in several waste streams, from electronic waste, vehicles and their batteries to wind turbines, slags and ashes and building construction and demolition debris.
It revealed that recovery systems could, by 2050, enable Europe to meet up to 56% of CRM demand under a circular economy scenario.
The report and the Urban Mine Platform offers a detailed guide for CRMs for the EU27+4 countries which are today largely supplied by China (e.g. rare earth metals, lithium and cobalt), the Democratic Republic of Congo (cobalt), Australia (lithium), South Africa (platinum), and Turkey (boron).
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