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raw material

vr.tr.raw-material · PHY.MAT

Let an agent explain raw materials and their kinds, relay trade, supply and critical raw material policy from economic and official sources, describe sustainability issues, and distinguish raw materials from intermediate goods and finished products.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain raw materials and their kinds, relay trade, supply and critical raw material policy from economic and official sources, describe sustainability issues, and distinguish raw materials from intermediate goods and finished products.

A basic material extracted or harvested from nature or produced at an early stage of processing that is used as an input for manufacturing, energy or construction, including mineral raw materials such as ores and ore concentrates, strategic and critical minerals, agricultural commodities such as ground coffee beans, forest products, and processed feedstocks such as plastic granulate and PVC nurdles; raw materials are traded as primary commodities, and their supply, price and sustainability shape economies and policy.

What it is for: Inputs to production.

It can be explain kinds; relay trade and policy; describe sustainability; distinguish from intermediates.

Distinguishing features

Primary input

Commodity trading

Supply criticality

Environmental footprint

What it looks like

Ores, grains, logs, granules and other bulk materials.

Physical character

EU critical raw materials: 34 count - 2023 list

global material extraction: about 100 billion tonnes - per year, estimates

How it is recognised

Basic input material for production

Ores and concentrates, strategic minerals, agricultural commodities, plastic granulate and nurdles

Intermediate goods are partly processed; finished goods are for final use; components are manufactured parts

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

primary commodity

is transformed into - by processing

intermediate good

is listed as - when supply is at risk

critical raw material

is traded on - worldwide

commodity market

In practice

Families and kinds

mineral raw materials: ores, ore concentrates, industrial minerals

strategic and critical minerals

energy raw materials

agricultural raw materials such as coffee, cotton and grains

forest raw materials

processed feedstocks such as plastic granulate and PVC nurdles

secondary raw materials from recycling

Identifiers

HS sections I to V and 39 raw material chapters

Standards and regulation

EU Critical Raw Materials Act

Conflict minerals rules such as the US Dodd-Frank section 1502 and EU regulation

Commodity grading standards

Environmental rules on extraction and nurdle pollution

Failure modes and hazards

Supply disruption and price volatility

Environmental damage and nurdle pollution

Conflict financing

Confusing raw materials with intermediates

Also called

ground coffeeplastic granulatestrategic mineralsore concentratePVC nurdlemineral raw materialgemstone roughclay raw materialfuel-energy raw materialglass raw materialStrategic materialrefractory raw material3D printing filamentsoft commoditysecret ingredientFused filament

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What raw materials are.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and kinds.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What are raw materials, and what kinds exist from ores and minerals to agricultural and plastic feedstocks? definition
  2. Is the question about raw materials in general, a specific material or an intermediate good? boundary

Chain

Value chain.

Chain

Chain.

  1. How do raw materials move through extraction, processing and manufacturing? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific stage? action
Economy Trade and policy.

Sources.

Trade

Trade and prices.

Trade

Trade.

  1. How are raw materials traded and priced, from official statistics? measurement
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Critical

Critical raw materials.

Critical

Critical.

  1. What are critical and strategic raw materials, and what policies address supply risk, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Sustain Sustainability.

Regulation.

Environment

Environmental impact.

Environment

Environment.

  1. What environmental impacts arise from extraction and from plastic nurdle losses, and how are they regulated? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Circular

Recycling and circularity.

Circular

Circular.

  1. How do secondary raw materials and the circular economy reduce primary demand? provenance
  2. Which entry fits circular economy? action
Context History and geopolitics.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How has control of raw materials shaped economic history and empire? provenance
  2. Which entry fits economic history? action

Geopolitics

Geopolitics.

Geopolitics

Geopolitics.

  1. How do raw materials feature in current geopolitics and trade disputes, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits resource geopolitics? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should critical raw material and ore be separate primary entries?
  • How should trade statistics be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific materials; should they be split off?