MinFuture

This is the website of an EU funded project looking at improving access to minerals information no information ahs been reported by this project as of mid 2017. 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.

Specific activities include:

• the analysis of barriers and gateways for delivering more transparent and interoperable materials information

• the assessment of existing model approaches for global material flow analysis, including the demand-supply forecasting methods

• the delivery of a ‘common methodology’ which integrates mineral data, information and knowledge across national boundaries and between governmental and non-governmental organisations;

• the development of recommendations for a roadmap to implement the ‘common methodology’ at international level;

• the creation of a web-portal to provide a central access point for material flow information, including links to existing data sources, models, tools and analysis;

MinFuture brings together 16 international partners from across universities, public organisations and companies, to deliver new insight, strategic intelligence and a clear roadmap for enabling effective access to global material information.

A transdisciplinary Advisory Board supports early-on and continuous integration of relevant expertise and perspectives into project activities for strategic guidance. It furthermore enables to increase the salience and topicality of project findings in relation to ongoing processes, as the AB members will function as enabling agents to take MinFuture results further to their organisations and networks.

Website:

http://www.minfuture.eu/

Date (Creation): 2017-01-01

Date (Publication): 2017-01-01

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Citation identifier: https://www.mica-project.eu/ / MICA_B3-143
MICA WP3 2018-11-03T15:16:00 Record extracted from Batch 3 spreadsheet

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Purpose: Purpose for data generation is not known

Status: Completed

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Maintenance and update frequency: Irregular

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Requirement for data generation: Voluntary

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Method of data or information generation: Academic research

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