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156 GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY
OF TERMS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
Artisanal Mining ATF
BCSECM
BEIS Beneficiation
Carbon Budget CAV
CEPLER
Clean Technologies Conflict Minerals CREAM
CRMs
Critical Materials
Critical Raw Materials
CSM
DEFRA
DRC
DIT
Downstream
Earth Abundant ECHA
Economic Importance
Energy Vector
EPSRC
ERECON
ETFs
EV FCDO
GCSA
GHS
HEV
Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HRE)
Hydrogen Economy Hot Pressing
Informal mining employing rudimentary methods Authorised Treatment Facility
Birmingham
Birmingham
Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy
A process that improves the economic value of an an ore resulting in in in a a a a a a a a a a higher-grade product and a a a a a a a a a a waste stream
(tailings) Carbon budgets tie an an anticipated level of of future warming to to a a a a a a a a total amount of of CO2 emissions Connected and Autonomous Vehicle
Centre for Professional Legal Education and Research University of of Birmingham
Technologies that can aid in decarbonisation with improved environmental performance Currently include tantalum tin tungsten and and gold and and are often referred to as 3TG The EPRSC Critical Elements and Materials
Network Critical Critical Raw Materials
Materials
(See Critical Critical Materials)
Critical materials materials are materials materials of high high economic importance whose supply is is associated with a a a a a a a a a a high high risk See Critical Materials
Camborne School of of Mines University of of Exeter
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
Democratic Republic of Congo
Department for International Trade
Processes in in in the supply chain to create finished goods Raw materials which are are existing in in in plentiful supply and are are commonplace in in in the Earth’s crust European Chemicals Agency
One of of of of the the the the the main assessment parameters (in addition to to to supply risk) of of of of the the the the the revised EC methodology to to to assess assess the the the the the criticality of of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a raw raw material material indicating the the the the the importance of of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a raw raw material material to to the the the the the EU economy An energy energy energy vector vector allows for the transfer in in in in space and and time of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a quantity of of energy energy energy Increasingly carbon carbon carbon intensive hydrocarbon fuels are being replaced with low low carbon carbon carbon energy energy energy vectors such as as electricity and and hydrogen Engineering and Physical Science Research Council
European Rare Earths Competency Network Exchange
Traded Funds
Electric Vehicles
Foreign Commonwealth & Development
Office Government
Chief Scientific Adviser
Globally Harmonised System
Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Yttrium Yttrium europium gadolinium terbium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium erbium erbium thulium ytterbium and lutetium are are are are the the the "heavy rare rare rare rare earths earths " " Yttrium Yttrium is is lighter than the the the light light rare rare rare rare earth earth earth earth elements but is is included in in in the the the heavy heavy heavy rare rare rare rare earths earths because of its its chemical and physical associations with heavy heavy rare rare rare earth earth earth deposits The hydrogen hydrogen economy is is is an an an envisioned future in in which hydrogen hydrogen is is is used as an an an energy vector in in many applications A high-pressure low-strain-rate powder powder metallurgical process process process employing temperatures high high enough to induce sintering and creep processes when processing powders