Industrial minerals Our world is made of them, our future too Dr. Michalis Stefanakis IMA-Europe
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
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 100-150 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 For one tonne of STEEL several minerals are needed: bentonite, lime, olivine, silica sand A family HOUSE contains up to 150 tonnes of minerals Cement (clay, calcium carbonate, silica sand), plaster & plasterboard (gypsum, Critical Raw 3 hydrated lime, calcium carbonate), insulation, ceramics, bricks & tiles, glass, Materials 10.09.10 paint etc
IM innovative ingredients for the high-tech industry Diesel Particle Filter Thinner PE Films Wind turbine A material science based industry Electronics Catalysts supports LCD TV Space Technology 4 Photovoltaic solar cells 23.01.14
Minerals offer environmentally friendly options Water treatment & filtration Geosynthetic Bentonite, carbonates, Clay Liner lime, silica Bentonite Gas treatment Carbonates, Lime H 2 O borohydride fueled vehicle Boron Energy saver Tyres Talc, quartz Self-cleaning Agriculture & Glass Forestry Crystalline silica Borates , c arbonate, Critical Raw Lime, Talc 5 Materials 10.09.10
Projection of uses Market of Value Added Materials Source: ISQ Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (2012)
Uses for the future Prof. Ernst von Weisacker, 2 nd Annual European Raw material ? conference , 2012
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
Value creation through innovation Critical Raw 9 Materials 10.09.10
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. • …
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. • …
Skills & Training for the Industrial Minerals industry • Match skills supply to skills demand; shortage of skills for mining- minerals 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.
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
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
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%)
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
Progress on resource efficiency at EU, 2000-2007 Critical Raw 17 Materials 10.09.10
Progress on resource efficiency at EU, 2000-2007 Critical Raw 18 Materials 10.09.10
Resource efficiency - Conclusion Resource Efficiency should not be limited to “using less”, it should promote to …. “Using better, Living better”!
Thank you for your attention IMA-Europe S&B Industrial Minerals secretariat@ima-europe.eu m.stefanakis@sandb.com Tel: +32 2 210 44 10 http://www.ima-europe.eu http://www.sandb.com
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