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Critical Raw Materials

Since 2011, the European Commission works on a list of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs). CRMs combine raw materials of high importance to the EU economy and of high risk associated with their supply. This list mainly included materials key for the energy transistion and digital technologies.

The list was last updated in 2023, and is made of 34 materials.

Below is the list of critical material (in red) extracted from the 2023 report.

On this page, you can also find Material system analyses (MSA) made by the Commission regarding the flow of many materials in EU. For instance they provide graphs such as this one for different of materials.