Al | Aluminium |
As | Arsenic |
B | Boron |
Be | Beryllium |
BF | Blast Furnace |
BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa |
C | Carbon |
CAGR | Compound Annual Growth Rate is a way to measure the average annual growth rate of a market over a period of time. |
Ce | Cerium |
Co | Cobalt |
CRM | Critical Raw Material |
CRMA | Critical Raw Material Act |
Cu | Copper |
DRI | Direct Reduction Plants |
Dy | Dysprosium |
EAF | Electric Arch Furnace |
EEE | Electric and electronic |
EEA | European Economic Area |
EEC | European Economic Community |
EIB | European Investment Bank |
ELV | End Of Life Vehicle |
EOL-CR: | End Of Life – Collection Rate |
EOL-RR: | End Of Life – Recycling Rate |
EOL-R | End Of Life – Recovery Rate |
EOL-RIR | End Of Life – Recycling Input Rate |
EPR | Extended Producer Responsibility |
Er | Erbium |
Eu | Europium |
EV | Electric Vehicle |
F | Fluorine |
Ga | Gallium |
Gd | Gadolinium |
Ge | Germanium |
He | Helium |
Ho | Holmium |
HREE | Heavy Rare Earth Elements |
ICE | Internal Combustion Engine |
Ir | Iridium |
La | Lanthanum |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
Li | Lithium |
LREE | Light Rare Earth Elements |
Lu | Lutetium |
Mg | Magnesium |
Mn | Manganese |
Nb | Niobium |
Nd | Neodymium |
Ni | Nickel |
NIB | Neodymium Iron Boron magnet |
P | Phosphorous |
Pd | Palladium |
PCB | Printed Circuit Board |
PGM | Platinum Group Elements |
ppm | parts per million |
Pr | Praesodymium |
Pt | Plantinum |
Re | Rhenium |
REE | Rare Earth Elements |
Rh | Rhodium |
R, D & I | Research, development and innovation |
RSM | Rate of secondary material |
Sb | Antimony |
SBR | Synthetic Rubber (Styrene-butadiene-rubber) |
Sc | Scandium |
Si | Silicon |
Sm | Samarium |
SME | Small and Medium sized Enterprises |
STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
Ta | Tantalum |
Tb | Terbium |
Ti | Titanium |
Tm | Thulium |
TRL | Technological Readiness Level |
V | Vanadium |
W | Tungsten |
W2E | Waste to energy |
WEEE | Electric and electronic waste |
Yb | Ytterbium |
Y | Ytrium |
Zr | Zirconium |