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Critical and Strategic Minerals Assessment and Mapping

Last updated: 11 December 2023


The Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) published a review of estimated critical and strategic substances and past production, along with a brief associated geological background. These criticality factsheets include criticality scores ranging from 1 to 5, and the criticality index is determined according to the strategic importance for the French industry and supply risk. 

Minerals with high criticality include:

·      Antimony

·      Beryllium 

·      Chromium

·      Cobalt

·      Graphite 

·      Hafnium

·      Lithium 

·      Niobium  

·      Tungsten

·      Vanadium 

·      Zirconium

 

Minerals with medium criticality include:

·      Cadmium 

·      Copper

·      Gallium

·      Germanium

·      Indium 

·      Molybdenum 

·      Nickel 

·      Rhenium

·      Scandium 

·      Selenium 

·      Silicon 

·      Silver

·      Tantalum

·      Tellurium 

·      Tin

·      Titanium

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