Optimising quality of information in RAw MAterials data collection across Europe (ORAMA)
Research Project, 2017 – 2019

The ORAMA project focuses on optimising data collection for primary and secondary raw materials in Member States. A cornerstone to the EIP on Raw Materials is the development of the EU knowledge base on primary and secondary raw materials, commenced by a series of European-funded projects. As the next iteration, ORAMA addresses specific challenges related to data availability, geographical coverage, accessibility, standardisation, harmonisation, interoperability, quality, and thematic coverage in Member States.


ORAMA will analyse data collection methods and recommendations from past and ongoing projects to identify best practices, develop practical guidelines and provide training to meet specific needs. These actions will demonstrate how to improve datasets for mineral occurrences, minerals intelligence data, economic, technical, environmental and social data for primary and secondary raw materials.


For primary raw materials, the focus is on harmonisation and improved coverage of spatial and statistical data, ensuring compliance with the INSPIRE Directive where appropriate. For Mining Waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, End of Life Vehicles and Batteries, the focus is on developing ‘INSPIRE-alike’ protocols. The unified data model from the Minerals4EU and ProSUM projects will be applied to the datasets and outcomes will be combined with primary raw materials data. ORAMA will demonstrate how to create more robust Material Systems Analysis studies and reliable Sankey diagrams for stocks and flows of specific raw materials. Information is made accessible and compatible with the JRC’s Raw Materials Information System to feed, for instance, future Raw Materials Scoreboard and Criticality Assessment studies.


In the long term, ORAMA empowers the wider EU raw materials community with necessary facts to support policy decisions and sustainable investments in the primary and secondary raw material industries.

Participants

Maria Ljunggren Söderman (contact)

Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Environmental Systems Analysis

Collaborations

Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières (BRGM)

Paris, France

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Dublin, Ireland

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)

Espoo, Finland

Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

Trondheim, Norway

Geological Survey of Slovenia

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)

Madrid, Spain

Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission

Brussels, Belgium

Leiden University

Leiden, Netherlands

Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary (MBFSZ)

Budapest, Hungary

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Swindon Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

Duebendorf, Switzerland

Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

United Nations University

Tokyo, Japan

WEEE Forum

Brussels, Belgium

Funding

European Commission (EC)

Project ID: EC/H2020/641999
Funding Chalmers participation during 2017–2019

Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure

Sustainable development

Driving Forces

Publications

More information

Project Web Page

https://orama-h2020.eu/

Latest update

9/2/2020 2