Industrial minerals Our world is made of them, our future too. Dr. Michalis Stefanakis IMA-Europe

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1 Industrial minerals Our world is made of them, our future too Dr. Michalis Stefanakis IMA-Europe

2 IMA-Europe in a nutshell The Industrial Minerals industry represented by an umbrella organisation IMA-Europe Calcium carbonate (CCA-Europe), Bentonite (EUBA), Lime (EuLA), Borates (EBA), Kaolin and Plastic clays (KPC-Europe), Feldspar (EUROFEL), Industrial Silica (EUROSIL), Talc (EUROTALC), Diatomite (IDPA), Sepiolite, Vermiculite, Mica and Andalusite (ESMA) 28 European Countries i.e. 24 EU Member States, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine 500 companies (685 mines & quarries, 750 plants) 42,500 employees 180 million tonnes/year, EUR 10 billion turnover The sector counts ~60% SMEs - Most major global IM producers are EU based

3 Industrial Minerals - Your world is made of them GLASS contains up to 100% minerals silica, dolomite, calcium carbonate, lime, feldspar, borate 50% of PAINT is made of minerals calcium carbonates, quartz, cristobalite, plastic clay, talc, bentonite, diatomite, mica A CAR contains up to kg of minerals in rubber (talc, calcium carbonate, baryte), plastics (talc, calcium carbonate, kaolin, silica, wollastonite), glass; casting (bentonite, silica, wollastonite) Up to 50% of a sheet of PAPER is made from minerals calcium carbonate, talc, kaolin, bentonite CERAMICS contain up to 100% minerals feldspar, clay & kaolin, lime, talc, silica A family HOUSE contains up to 150 tonnes of minerals Cement (clay, calcium carbonate, silica sand), plaster & plasterboard (gypsum, hydrated lime, calcium carbonate), insulation, ceramics, bricks & tiles, glass, 3 Critical Raw Materials For one tonne of STEEL several minerals are needed: bentonite, lime, olivine, silica sand

4 IM innovative ingredients for the high-tech industry Diesel Particle Filter Thinner PE Films Wind turbine A material science based industry Catalysts supports Electronics LCD TV Photovoltaic solar cells Space Technology 4

5 Minerals offer environmentally friendly options Water treatment & filtration Bentonite, carbonates, lime, silica Geosynthetic Clay Liner Bentonite Gas treatment Carbonates, Lime Energy saver Tyres Talc, quartz H 2 O borohydride fueled vehicle Boron Agriculture & Forestry Borates, carbonate, Lime, Talc Critical Raw Materials Self-cleaning Glass Crystalline silica 5

6 Projection of uses Market of Value Added Materials Source: ISQ Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (2012)

7 Uses for the future? Prof. Ernst von Weisacker, 2 nd Annual European Raw material conference, 2012

8 Mineral properties for high value applications Nano size High Purity Customized surface properties Lowweight Recyclability Innocuous to human health and the environment Need for expanding material science skills

9 Value creation through innovation Critical Raw Materials

10 Innovation Union Facts Under-investing in our knowledge base, spending every year 0.8% of GDP less than the US and 1.5% less than Japan in R&D with major gaps in business R&D, venture capital investments; too much fragmentation and costly duplication. European universities do not attract or retain enough top global talent, with relatively few in leading positions in existing international rankings. Unsatisfactory framework conditions, ranging from poor access to finance, high costs of IPR to slow standardization and ineffective use of public procurement.

11 Innovation Union Actions Create an excellent, modern education system in all Member States. Innovation partnership : Ensuring a secure supply chain and achieve efficient and sustainable management and use of non-energy raw materials along the entire value chain Spend our resources more efficiently and achieve critical mass.

12 Skills & Training for the Industrial Minerals industry Match skills supply to skills demand; shortage of skills for miningminerals expertise. Process know-how in all industry segments is the winning factor, i.e. value of multidisciplinary approach; reconsider education curricula. Continual training of professionals and low ranking workforce ; Learning at job and validation of learning; reinforce incremental innovation on the shop floor. Respond to increasing need for massive data handling and internet domination even at shop floor.

13 Contribution of IMA-Europe to Innovation The European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials (EIP RM) Member of the High Level Group, of the Sherpa and the Operational Groups Involved in three approved EIP RM commitments European Minerals Day, European Minerals Year, IMA-Europe is a founding member of SPIRE public private partnership IMA-Europe is part of several research projects FP7 STOICISM: Sustainability, Efficiency & better Functionality for three IM FP7 Minerals4EU: EU Mineral intelligence network structure member of the Industrial Consultation Committee H2020: involved in multiple calls development as partner or supporter

14 Contribution of IMA-Europe to Innovation (2) Developing LCI for IM products Life Cycle Inventory data are compiled & submitted to the EU data base (ELCD) Contributing to Product Environmental Footprint studies relevant for the sector Plastics, paints, paper, etc. Participating in EU Chemical Agency (ECHA) & EU Committees on Nanomaterials Improving the legal framework for nanomaterials

15 Industrial Minerals Resource efficiency 1. Primary resource efficiency: efficient sourcing through sustainable mining and processing 1. Efficiency of usage: by improving the performance of the many end-use applications in which they are used, contribute to savings in downstream sectors 1. Secondary resource efficiency: by-products and waste valorisation, allowing waste streams reduction 1. Recycling from end-use applications: industrial minerals are recovered through the recycling of the products in which they are used; the average IM recycling is 60% (silica 73, lime 68, feldspar 67, talc 60, calcium carbonate 58, bentonite 50, kaolin & clay 49%)

16 Progress on resource efficiency and decoupling in the EU-27, EEA Technical Report, 2014 Messages from the EU Environmental Agency 1. Not a single industry achieved absolute reductions in material demand 2. The primary sectors (agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining etc.) dominate material demand caused by EU production. 3. The close to absolute decoupling achieved by the mining and quarrying sector should be viewed very positively due to its dominance in TMR1 of the economy; but policy should focus on reducing the unused extraction, which also exerts a pressure on the environment and is currently overlooked by the headline on resource efficiency DMC 2 /GDP 3 4. Two thirds of direct GHG 4 emissions and three quarters of DMI 5 and TMR of EU economics sectors are driven by the direct demand for products by other industries and services. 5. Food and lodging, Use of housing and infrastructure and Mobility are responsible for the majority of pressures caused by total EU consumption. (1) TMR: Total Material Requirement (2) DMC: Domestic Consumption (3) GDP: Gross Domestic Product (4) GHG: Green House Gas (5) DMI: Direct Material Input

17 Progress on resource efficiency at EU, Critical Raw Materials

18 Progress on resource efficiency at EU, Critical Raw Materials

19 Resource efficiency - Conclusion Resource Efficiency should not be limited to using less, it should promote to. Using better, Living better!

20 Thank you for your attention IMA-Europe Tel: S&B Industrial Minerals m.stefanakis@sandb.com