raw material
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.
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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
is transformed into - by processing
is listed as - when supply is at risk
is traded on - worldwide
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
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.
- What are raw materials, and what kinds exist from ores and minerals to agricultural and plastic feedstocks? definition
- Is the question about raw materials in general, a specific material or an intermediate good? boundary
Chain
Value chain.
Chain
Chain.
- How do raw materials move through extraction, processing and manufacturing? definition
- Which entry fits the specific stage? action
Economy Trade and policy.
Sources.
Trade
Trade and prices.
Trade
Trade.
- How are raw materials traded and priced, from official statistics? measurement
- Which references are standard? provenance
Critical
Critical raw materials.
Critical
Critical.
- What are critical and strategic raw materials, and what policies address supply risk, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Sustain Sustainability.
Regulation.
Environment
Environmental impact.
Environment
Environment.
- What environmental impacts arise from extraction and from plastic nurdle losses, and how are they regulated? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Circular
Recycling and circularity.
Circular
Circular.
- How do secondary raw materials and the circular economy reduce primary demand? provenance
- Which entry fits circular economy? action
Context History and geopolitics.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How has control of raw materials shaped economic history and empire? provenance
- Which entry fits economic history? action
Geopolitics
Geopolitics.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics.
- How do raw materials feature in current geopolitics and trade disputes, with positions attributed? provenance
- 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?