Advanced high-tech applications for communication, renewable energy, and display, heavily
rely on technology critical elements (TCEs) such as indium, gallium, and germanium …

The essential need for new lithium-ion battery materials providing higher energy and power
densities has triggered an exceptional increase in scientific and industrial research efforts in …

Imbalances between metal supply and demand, real or anticipated, have inspired the
concept of metal criticality. We here characterize the criticality of 62 metals and metalloids in …

The accelerating pace of resource consumption threatens long-term availability of critical
materials: those resources that play an essential role in modern society but are vulnerable to …

The semiconductor industry relies on the sustainable supply of critical mineral resources,
such as Germanium (Ge), a key metal used in making electronics, fiber cables and solar …

The demand for raw materials, in particular, for those classified as critical materials, has
increased considerably due to the ongoing energy transition and the corresponding surge in …

Raw materials form the basis of Europe's economy to ensure jobs and competitiveness, and
they are essential for maintaining and improving quality of life. Although all raw materials are …

This article aims to assess the impact of copper availability on the energy transition and to
determine whether copper could become critical due to the high copper content of low …

Recent constraints on supplies of the rare earth elements (REEs) have led to concerns
about their long‐term availability as well as the consequences that shortages would pose for …

Critical metals, identified from supply, demand, imports, and market factors, include rare
earth elements (REEs), platinum group metals, precious metals, and other valuable metals …