de Oliveira, Daniel Pipa Soares2023-10-182023-10-182023-10de Oliveira, Daniel (2023) A critical look at raw materials criticality. In: Proceedings of 11th International Conference Coal and Critical Minerals (CCM 2023), Zlatibor, Sérvia, 11-14th October 2023, pp. 130-134978-86-83497-30-0http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/4166ABSTRACT: In the eve of the proposed Critical Raw Materials Act published in March of 2023, Europe has realized that even with already predicted exponential growth in raw materials supply, the situation remains critical with regards provision of these (critical) raw materials (CRM). The various initiatives led by the EU Commission starting with the Raw Materials Initiative in 2008, the various CRM lists (2011, 2014, 2017, 2020 and 2023), the launch of several dedicated CRM task forces (e.g., ERECON), alliances (E.G., ERMA) and the objectives of the EU Green Deal mean that in a few short years, 7 in fact, the EU needs to find new sources for CRM. An impossible task.engMineral resourcesRaw materialsCritical raw materialsEuropeconference object