2cefb7c1-2a7b-44ea-9637-50af48e013a5 English nonGeographicDataset Laura Williams British Geological Survey enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2025-03-21 Met4Tech metadata register 0.1 Reference system not known UK criticality assessment of technology critical minerals and metals 2022-06-30 Resource publication date UK criticality assessment of technology critical minerals and metals This dataset contains a list of 18 designated critical metals in the UK and the methodology of criticality assessment in 2021. The data will be of value to all those interested in tracking the methodology of criticality assessment in the UK and globally. R. Shaw British Geological Survey rashaw@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact unknown https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/minerals/m4tGraphic/mt30.png Critical Minerals and Metals MET4TECH dataCentre Economics BGS Geoscience Thesaurus 2002 BGS Thesaurus creation date 2022 BGS Thesaurus revision date no limitations to public access English utf8 economy geoscientificInformation 2022 UK Source document: Met4Tech_Metadata_UK Criticality Assessment_BGS_2022.docx PDF https://www.bgs.ac.uk/download/uk-criticality-assessment-of-technology-critical-minerals-and-metals/# dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 The data came into existence after thoroughly assessing the global supply risks and economic vulnerability of minerals raw materials to the economy. Metadata is distributed with a CC BY-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International) licence