Development of decision-making tools to create a harmonised UK national mineral resource inventory using the United Nations Framework Classification

• Published in: Resources policy Vol. 76; p. 102558
• Main Authors: Bide, T., Brown, T.J., Gunn, A.G., Deady, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2022; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Adoption of innovations; Classification; Commodities; Critical minerals; Data; Datasets; Decision making; Environmental aspects; Feasibility; Geology; Harmonization; International comparisons; Inventory; Mineral resource; Mineral resources; Minerals; Policy making; Raw materials; Resource classification; Resource management; Socioeconomic factors; Stocks; Technology assessment; UNFC; User requirements; United Kingdom > UK; Mineral resource; UNFC; Resource classification; Critical minerals; Resource management

The need to better understand how we source and consume the raw materials required for decarbonisation is driving a growing demand for data on mineral resources. A key application of these data is to understand resource potential, by evaluating known ‘geological stocks’ of raw materials based on est...