Draft European Minerals Yearbook

1 WP4 – Mineral Statistics British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK

Minerals4EU FP7-NMP.2013.4.1-3

Minerals Intelligence Network for Europe

WP4 Deliverable 4.4

Draft European Minerals Yearbook

Title of the project: Minerals Intelligence Network for Europe – Minerals4EU

Grant Agreement number: 608921

Funding Scheme: FP7-NMP-2013: 4.1-3 –CSA (COORDINATING)

Start date: 01.09.2013

Duration: 24 months

Document title: Report on Draft European Minerals Yearbook

Workpackage: WP4

Author(s): Teresa Brown (NERC-BGS)

Date of delivery: June 2015

Dissemination level: PU/PP/RE/CO1

Reviewed by: Evi Petavratzi (NERC-BGS)

Status of the document: Draft/Final

Document location: https://vyvi-some2.vy-verkko.fi/gtk/Minerals4EU/Deliverables

Project web site: http://www.minerals4eu.eu

1 PU=public, PP= Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services),

RE= Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services), CO= Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services)

https://vyvi-some2.vy-verkko.fi/gtk/Minerals4EU/Deliverables

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Contents 1 Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 3

2 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4

3 Front pages ...................................................................................................................................... 5

3.1 Accessing the Yearbook from Minerals4EU portal ................................................................ 5

3.2 Yearbook menu page ............................................................................................................. 5

3.2 Returning to the yearbook menu page .................................................................................. 6

4 Viewing data ‘by country’ ................................................................................................................ 7

4.1 Production data ..................................................................................................................... 7

4.2 Import or export data ............................................................................................................ 9

4.3 Resource or reserve data ....................................................................................................... 9

4.4 Exploration data ................................................................................................................... 10

4.5 Waste flow data ................................................................................................................... 11

5 Viewing data for primary minerals ‘by commodity’ ...................................................................... 13

5.1 Production data ................................................................................................................... 13

5.2 Import or export data .......................................................................................................... 16

5.3 Resources or reserves data .................................................................................................. 16

5.4 Exploration data ................................................................................................................... 19

6 Viewing data for mineral-based waste flows ‘by category’ .......................................................... 20

7 Viewing case studies for the supply of secondary raw materials from mineral-based waste ...... 22

8 Contacting the Yearbook compilers .............................................................................................. 23



1 Summary

This report describes the draft European Minerals Yearbook which represents deliverable 4.4

of the Minerals4EU project. The draft Yearbook itself was available from the end of March

2015, when it entered a period of testing.

At the time of writing (12 June 2015) the Yearbook remains a ‘work in progress’ because

various corrections and revisions are still outstanding. During its testing phase, all data

contained within the Yearbook are being checked and all functions verified. A final version of

the Yearbook is scheduled for release towards the end of the Minerals4EU project in August

2015.

This report provides guidance to users on the data available in the Yearbook and how to

navigate around the digital Yearbook.

Further information can be found in the documents and reports published on the project

website at: www.minerals4eu.eu

http://www.minerals4eu.eu/



2 Introduction

Deliverable 4.4 of the Minerals4EU project is the release of a draft European Minerals

Yearbook and this is available on the following weblink: http://minerals4eu.brgm-

rec.fr/m4eu-yearbook/theme_selection.html

However, it should be remembered that, at the time of writing (June 2015), this Yearbook is still a “work in progress”.

Additional or revised data are still being loaded to the yearbook, sankey diagrams are still

being added for the waste flow tab of the ‘by country’ section and other adjustments are also

required before the Yearbook will be considered ‘final’. The Yearbook is currently in a

‘testing phase’ and a number of corrections have already been identified. The work package is

dependent upon BRGM (the French Geological Survey), who have been building the

Yearbook from a technical perspective, to implement the required changes.

The new European Minerals Yearbook contains the following data types:

Production data for primary minerals – collected by BGS using long established BGS

procedures and a network of contacts with data providers. They were collected by

three main ways: writing directly to the data source, often using a ‘questionnaire’;

receiving printed or digital publications; and consulting websites or web-based

databases.

Import and export data for primary minerals – purchased in bulk from an agency that

specialises in monitoring trade information. These data are then compared to the

United Nations (UN) commodity trade web-database, to Eurostat’s online database,

or, in some cases, databases compiled by national statistical offices.

Resource, reserve and exploration data for primary minerals – collected during the

Minerals4EU project using a survey questionnaire. Data are only available from

countries that returned the questionnaires AND where data in those countries are

available. No attempts have been made to standardise any of this information with

regards to commodity names used, units, or the systems of reporting. These data are

therefore presented in the Yearbook exactly as they have been returned on the

questionnaire.

Waste flow data – collated from public sources including the Eurostat waste statistics

database, the Eurostat Comext database and other National databases and publications

(from National Environment Agencies, Ministries of Environment, etc).

Case studies – utilising publically available datasets to examine the potential for the

supply of raw materials from secondary sources for ten mineral commodities.

The following sections represent some outline instructions on how the Yearbook works and

includes some screenshots to guide the user.

http://minerals4eu.brgm-rec.fr/m4eu-yearbook/theme_selection.html

http://minerals4eu.brgm-rec.fr/m4eu-yearbook/theme_selection.html



3 Front pages

3.1 Accessing the Yearbook from Minerals4EU portal The link shown above will take the user direct to the Yearbook’s Menu Page but if the user

accesses the home page of Minerals4EU Portal there is a link to the Yearbook as shown:

3.2 Yearbook menu page The menu page of the Yearbook gives the user four options:

To view data for both primary minerals and mineral-based waste flows ‘by country’

To view data for only primary minerals ‘by commodity’

To view data for mineral-based waste flows ‘by category’

To view case studies on commodities from waste and other yearbook-related

documents

From the main page of the

Minerals4EU portal

access to the Yearbook is from

this button.

The user may choose

one of the 4 options

shown.



Below the first three options are ‘drop down’ lists enabling the user to choose what they wish

to view. Open these lists using the downward pointing arrows, select the item you wish to

view and then click the “view” button.

The front page also includes buttons to access the text for “acknowledgements” and

“disclaimer” which appear in ‘pop up’ boxes. These boxes can be closed using either the cross

in the top right corner or the ‘close’ button in the bottom right corner.

3.2 Returning to the yearbook menu page

Each page of the Yearbook has a ‘Back to Menu’ option at the top left. This will return the

user back to the menu page to enable them to make another selection.

Drop down list showing the

countries from which the user

may select.

1. Use these

buttons to access

the text for

acknowledgements

and disclaimer.

2. To close these

boxes use either

the cross or the

close button.

Use this link to return to the

Menu Page from any screen.



4 Viewing data ‘by country’

From the Menu page, choose the country you wish to view data for and click the ‘view’

button:

4.1 Production data The Yearbook will open the production data table by default. There are a number of ‘tabs’

across the top of the page which provide access to other data types.

For production data the Yearbook contains 10 years of data (2004 to 2013) and you can scroll

left or right to see all these years (the commodity names and units will be fixed in position). If

there is more data than can be displayed on one screen, there will be buttons below the table

on the right to give you access to additional pages.

The view

button is

below the list.

Select the data type you wish to

view by clicking on the tabs.

On all pages there is a scroll bar for

moving left or right ...

... and, where necessary, you can

move to the following pages with

these buttons.



You can change the number of entries visible on one screen using the option above the table

to the left. Footnotes relating to individual numbers are displayed below the table to the left.

Table notes relating to all data for a particular commodity are accessed via the button to the

bottom left.

You can sort on any of the columns using the arrows beside the column headings and filter

the entries displayed using the ‘search’ box.

To change the number of entries

displayed use this ‘drop down’ list.

Footnotes for individual numbers,

such as this, are displayed below

the table.

This button gives access to the

table notes, which relate to all

data for a particular commodity.

These appear in a ‘pop up’ box as

shown. To close this box use the

cross in the top right corner.

You can sort each column

using the arrows beside the

headings (circled) ...

... or filter the entries by

typing the commodity name

in the search box.



4.2 Import or export data The functions available on these tabs are essentially the same as those available for

production data. However, in general there will be more commodities and sub-commodities

for import and export data than for production data.

4.3 Resource or reserve data These data are accessed by clicking on the appropriate tab at the top of the screen.

As mentioned earlier, these data are not standardised with regards to the use of commodity

names, units, or the systems of reporting and are only available from countries that returned

questionnaires and where data in those countries are available. If different systems of

reporting have been used within a country these have been kept separate.

Access import or export data by

clicking on the appropriate tab.

The number of commodities and

sub-commodities is indicated by

the ‘entries’ as shown here ...

... and by the number of pages

shown here.

Access resources or reserves information

by clicking on the appropriate tab.

The system of reporting used for each

number is displayed immediately above

the number.

Data for some countries have been

estmated by those countries, but these

are clearly indicated.



Additional information provided by the responding countries, together with their replies to the

questionnaires’ metadata questions, are accessible from the button at the bottom left of the

screen.

Other available functions are similar to all other tabs including the ability to view additional

pages, change the number of entries displayed, sort on any column and filter the data using

the search box.

4.4 Exploration data These data are accessed by clicking on the appropriate tab at the top of the screen.

Again, data are only available from countries that returned questionnaires and where data in

those countries are available. These data are also not standardised with regards to commodity

names or units. In many cases exploration is being undertaken for a group of commodities

rather than a single commodity. This means that some figures are repeated for each

commodity within that group and consequently the columns should not be summed.

Six different metrics were requested during the data collection survey and not all countries

were able to provide data for all six metrics. Five of the metrics are displayed in the table

(please scroll left or right to see them all) and the sixth was a ‘free text’ activity summary.

This summary, where completed, will be accessed via a button at the bottom left of the screen

(not currently present in the draft version) together with the country’s answers to the metadata

questions included on the questionnaire.

Additional information and

metadata provided by the country

can be viewed using this button.

The information is displayed in a

‘pop up’ box as shown. Close this

box using the cross top right or

the ‘close’ button bottom right.



Other available functions are similar to all other tabs including the ability to view additional

pages, change the number of entries displayed, sort on any column and filter the data using

the search box.

4.5 Waste flow data These data are accessed by clicking on the appropriate tab at the top of the screen. They are

displayed slightly differently to the data for primary minerals. There are three tables of data,

for most countries, which are accessible by scrolling down the screen:

Waste generated, imported, exported and treated in 2010

Waste generated, imported, exported and treated in 2012

Waste facilities in 2010 and 2012

The waste flow data are also displayed in diagram form.

For the tables showing data on waste generated and treated, the numbers in the headings relate

to table notes which are accessible from the button (located below each diagram in the draft

version). The waste treated data have been sub-divided into the treatment options and these

figures are displayed in green to distinguish them from the total waste treated figures which

are shown in black.

Access the exploration data by clicking

on the appropriate tab.

Please scroll left or right to see all five

metrics that may contain data.

Notes relating to particular rows

(circled in this view) are

displayed below the table.

There will also be a button for

additional ifnformation and

metadata in the final version.



Access the waste flow data by


The first table is for 2010 data.

Scroll down for 2012 data or data

relating to waste facilities.

Data in green are a breakdown of

the waste treated, scroll right to

see all these data columns.

Scroll down to see the diagrams.

Waste flow data presented as a

diagram. There is a key to the

letters immediately below the

diagram.

Here is the button for the table

notes (which relate to the

numbers in the column headings).

At the bottom of the page is

the table relating to waste

facilities.



Other available functions for each data table are similar to all other tabs including the ability

to view additional pages, change the number of entries displayed, sort on any column and

filter the data using the search box.

5 Viewing data for primary minerals ‘by commodity’ As with data ‘by country’ use the ‘drop down’ list to select the commodity you are interested

in and click the ‘view’ button.

5.1 Production data As with the ‘by country’ section, the Yearbook will open the production data tab by default.

There are a number of other tabs across the top of the page which provide access to other data

types.

This section includes graphs and maps rather than the data table which was visible under the

‘by country’ section. For some commodities there are more than one sub-commodity, for

example for copper there are production data for ‘mine’, ‘smelter’ and ‘refined’ copper.

Please scroll up or down to see the different sub-commodities.

In each case the map on the left shows which countries are producing the commodity, with

graduated shading to indicate the scale of production. Hovering your cursor (without clicking)

on a country will reveal the production figure for 2013. [Note: the testing of the Yearbook has

revealed some issues with this in the draft version which will need to be corrected for the final

version.]

Clicking on the downward pointing

arrow below the ‘By commodity’ option

produces a ‘drop down’ list of the

commodities included in the Yearbook.

(Note: some modifications are still

required to this list in the draft version)

Once you have selected the

commodity you are interested in,

click the ‘view’ button.



The graph on the right shows the trend of production over the 10 years 2004 to 2013 for the

40 countries combined. Hovering your cursor (without clicking) over this graph will reveal

the scale of production for each year.

The page heading indicates that

you are now looking at the data by

commodity.

The heading above the map

indicates what sub-commodity you

are viewing.

The coloured shading on the map

indentifies which countries produce

this commodity (or sub-

commodity). Hovering your cursor

over a country without clicking will

produce this box containing the

2013 production figure.

Further sub-commodities may be located

down the page, please scroll down to see

them (each one will also have both a map

and a graph).

Each commodity or sub-commodity

will have a graph showing the trend

in production over the ten years

2004 to 2013. This is the total

production in the 40 countries

covered by the Yearbook.

Hovering your cursor over the graph

will display this box containing the

figure for each year shown in the

graph.



Clicking on a single country in the map will reveal a graph showing the trend in production

for that country, below the graph showing the trend in the total for all countries.

Using shift and clicking on a second, or multiple, countries will change this second graph so

that the trend for all the selected countries are displayed. Hovering your cursor over this

second graph will again reveal the actual production figures for all the selected countries for

each year.

You can also un-select countries by clicking on them again (or using shift-click again if you

have multiple countries selected). There is no limit to the number of countries you can select

and compare.

The trend graph showing the total

production in all 40 countries is

still visible.

A second graph appears showing

the trend for just the one country

selected. This country is

highlighted on the map and

identified by its name and flag

above the graph.

Multiple

countries are

selected on the

map using shift

and click.

The second graph

shows the trends

for these multiple

countries, enabling

them to be

compared.

Hovering your

cursor over the

graph reveals the

figures for the

countries in each

year.



5.2 Import or export data The functions available on these tabs are essentially the same as those available for

production data.

5.3 Resources or reserves data These tabs look very different to those for production, imports or exports. Firstly, there is

some explanatory text relating to the systems of reporting used by the European countries.

This is very important because the variations in reporting methodolgy mean that it is

inappropriate to sum resource or reserve data because the figures are not comparable; it would

be like comparing apples with oranges.

As with production data, this graph

will show the trend in the total

imports for the 40 European

countries over the period 2004 to

2013 ...

... and this graph shows the trend

for individual or multiple countries

selected on the map.

As with production data, the map

on the left shows the countries

importing each commodity or sub-

commodity with graduated shading

indicating the scale of the imports.

Where there is more than one sub-

commodity, please scroll down to

see the others.

Access import or export data by

clicking on the appropriate tabs.



In this section by the different colours used for the map indicate the availability of data and/or

information received via the questionnaires:

Green – countries that returned statistical data for the commodity selected. This data

may still be incomplete in some way (e.g. relating to only part of the country or

excluding confidential data).

Yellow – countries that have indicated a resource or reserve exists (or there is other

evidence to suggest the resource or reserve exists) but for which there is no statistical

data available.

Grey – countries that do not have any known resources or reserves for the commodity

selected.

White – countries where no information is available at all, not even an indication of

whether the commodity exists.

Hovering your cursor over the map reveals the country name only. To see any statistical data

you need to click on the country that you are interested in. The statistical data will then appear

below the map. In the final version any notes relating to resources or reserves will appear

below the table (not currently visible in the draft version). Additional information and

metadata are also available by clicking on the button below the table.

The page heading indicates which

commodity you have seleted.

Access resources or reserves data by


Important information relating to

resources and reserves information

The legend explains the colours used

in the map, which relate to the

availability of statistical data and

whether resources or reserves are

known to exist.



Selecting a country coloured, yellow, grey or white will reveal a message below the map

which reads “No data available; please see additional information and metadata”. This refers

to the button labelled “View additional information and metadata” and clicking on this button

produces a ‘pop up box’ containing whatever information is available (other than statistics)

for the country selected.

Hovering your cursor over the map

reveals the countries names only.

To see the data you need to click

on the country of interest.

Clicking on a country coloured

green (circled and highlighted

blue) will produce a table below

the map containing the statistical

data for the country selected.

Users can scroll left or right to

view all the data.

The same functions as other

tables also exist for viewing

additional pages, selecting

number of entries to view,

sorting columns or filtering.

The button below the table

produces a ‘pop up’ box as shown

with additional information and

metadata. This box can be closed

using the cross at top right or the

button at bottom right (circled).



5.4 Exploration data These data are accessed by clicking on the tab at the top of the screen.

The same colours as for resources and reserves tabs have been used for the map and the same

functions exist.

In this example a country

coloured yellow has been

selected. There are no statistical

data available for this country and

the additional information box

reveals this is because they did

not return the questionnaire.

However, it is known that copper

exists in Bosnia & Herzegovina

hence it was coloured yellow on

the map.

As with resources and reserves

tabs, countries coloured green

have statistical data available.

Hovering your cursor over a

country reveals its name only, to

access the data you need to click

on the country.

Access exploration data by

clicking on the exploration tab.



6 Viewing data for mineral-based waste flows ‘by category’ Unlike data for primary minerals, statistics for mineral-based waste are not available by

individual ‘commodity’ such as copper or lead. Instead they are structured by waste category

such as ‘combustion waste’ or ‘metal wastes, ferrous’ for example. This has required the

Yearbook to have a completely separate section to display these data.

As with the prevous two sections, from the Yearbook menu page, you can click on the

downward poining arrow below this section to view the available categories.

Once you have selected your category (and clicked on ‘view’) two tables are displayed. The

first contains data for 2010 and the second (positioned below the first) contains data for 2012.

Both tables contain the same navigation features as other tables in the Yearbook.

Clicking on a country coloured

green (highlighted blue) will

produce a table below the map

containing the statistical data for

the country selected.

Clicking on the button opens a

‘pop up’ box (as shown) with

additional information and

metadata. To close this box

please use the cross at top right

or button at bottom left of the

box (circled).

Please use the drop down

arrow to open the ‘drop down’

list of categories. Select a

category and then click ‘view’

button.



As with the waste-flow data tables that were viewed ‘by country’ earlier, the numbers in the

headings relate to table notes which are accessible from the button below each table.

The waste treated data have been sub-divided into the treatment options and these figures are

displayed in green to distinguish them from the total waste treated figures which are shown in

black. Scroll to the right to view all the columns.

The page heading indicates which

category of mineral-based waste you

are viewing.

You can filter the entries using the

search box.

You can change the number of

entries visible on the screen.

You an scroll left or right.

You can select subsequent pages to

view as necessary.

You can scroll down the

page to view 2012 data.

The numbers in the column

headings (circled) relate to table

notes, which are accessble via the

button below the table.

The table notes appear in a ‘pop

up’ box. To close this box click on

the cross at top right of the box.

Here is the button to access the

table notes.



7 Viewing case studies for the supply of secondary raw materials

from mineral-based waste In addition to collecting together the available statistics for mineral-based waste generation

and treatment by country, the Work Package examined the potential for the supply of raw

materials from these secondary sources using 10 mineral commodities as case studies. The

selected commodities are:

Iron and steel Copper Aluminium Gold

Silver Palladium Platinum Indium

Yttrium Dysprosium

It is intended that these case studies, and a full report into the methodology employed for this

work, will be made available through the Yearbook using the fourth option on the Menu page.

The draft version of the Yearbook does not yet have these in place but they will be uploaded

before the final version is released.

The detailed breakdown of waste

treatment routes are coloured green to

distinguish them from the total waste

treated figures shown in black.

As with all other tables in the Yearbook,

you can reorder the columns using the

small arrows by the column headings

(circled).

The case studies for the potential

supply of raw materials from mineral-

based waste will be available through

this option on the Menu page.



8 Contacting the Yearbook compilers

As indicated at various points in this document, the Draft Yearbook remains a ‘work in

progress’ at the time this report is written (12 June 2015). The Yearbook compilers are aware

of numerous corrections that are currently outstanding. However, the basic structure of the

Yearbook will not substantially change between the draft version and the final version which

will be released towards the end of the Minerals4EU project.

If you wish to contact the Yearbook compilers please use the generic e-mail

[email protected] and the message will be forwarded to the appropriate people.

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