The Currently Known Deposits and Occurrences of Critical Raw Materials in Europe are Published as a Map
The European Geological Surveys have jointly prepared maps of the currently known deposits and occurrences of Critical Raw Materials (CRM) in Europe. One map shows the deposits and occurrences in land areas and the other map in marine areas.
The European Union has listed the critical raw materials that have great economic importance for Europe, but which have a high risk of supply disruption. They are needed, for example, for batteries and electric motors.
As one of the European Geological Surveys, the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) has participated in preparing maps of the currently known deposits and occurrences of Critical Raw Materials in Europe. A separate map was made for both land and marine areas, showing only medium and larger deposits.
The map of onshore CRM deposits shows 67 different mineral deposits for Finland, with antimony, arsenic, beryllium, graphite, cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese, niobium, nickel, phosphate, platinum group metals, rare earth elements, scandium, titanium, and vanadium as Critical Raw Materials. Of these, cobalt, copper, nickel, phosphate, platinum metals and feldspar are currently produced in Finland.
Offshore, numerous manganese deposits are known from the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Bothnia, but currently, they are not being utilized. These deposits consist of iron-manganese precipitates and also contain significant concentrations of phosphates and rare earth metals.
More information
Map of offshore CRM occurences
Critical and strategic raw materials for European Union
The European Commission’s Raw Materials Proposal: Focus on Sustainability and the Circular Economy
Jussi Pokki
Geological Survey of Finland GTK
jussi.pokki@gtk.fi
tel. +358 29 503 2229
More information about Geological Service for Europe -project (GSEU)
Soile Aatos
Geological Survey of Finland GTK
soile.aatos@gtk.fi
tel. +358 29 503 3778
Geological Service for Europe -project (GSEU)
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