Economic and social determinants of global physical flows of critical metals
Economic and social determinants of global physical flows of critical metals
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10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.02.004
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发表时间:
2017-06
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影响因子:
10.2
通讯作者:
Yosuke Shigetomi;K. Nansai;S. Kagawa;Y. Kondo;S. Tohno
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作者:
Yosuke Shigetomi;K. Nansai;S. Kagawa;Y. Kondo;S. Tohno
Rare metals and rare earth metals (ie, the 15 lanthanoid elements plus scandium and yttrium) are critical elements in high-tech industries. These elements have attracted considerable attention, not only for their economic value, but also because they are central to the future diffusion and adoption of clean energy technologies that are being developed to mitigate global warming (National Research Council, 2008, European Commission, 2010). Since the availability of these metal resources is limited by geopolitical constraints (Achzet and Helbig, 2013), environmental impact (Golev et al., 2014), price volatility (Fizaine, 2015, Maxwell, 2015), export regulations (Mancheri, 2015), and difficulty of substitution and recycling (Reck and Graedel, 2012, Binnemans et al., 2013), a stable supply of critical metals is becoming increasingly important (Massari and Ruberti, 2013, Suárez Sánchez et al., 2015, Barteková and Kemp, 2016) and the metal criticalities have been qualitatively assessed (Graedel et al., 2012, Graedel et al., 2015, Hatayama and Tahara, 2015, Nansai et al., 2014, Nansai et al., 2015, Nansai et al., 2017, Nassar et al., 2015, Helbig et al., 2016, Nuss et al., 2016b).Given this background, studies on the flows of critical metals (silver, cobalt, indium, lithium, selenium, platinum, gallium, germanium, tellurium, yttrium, nickel, chromium, molybdenum, rare earth metals, such as neodymium and dysprosium)(Reck et al., 2008, Daigo et al., 2010, Du and Graedel, 2011; Harper et al., 2012; Elshkaki, 2013; Elshkaki and Graedel, 2013, Elshkaki and Graedel, 2014; Kavlak and Graedel, 2013b, Kavlak and Graedel, 2013a Nakajima et al., 2013; Nansai et al., 2014; Seo and Morimoto, 2014, Seo and Morimoto, 2016; Guyonnet et al., 2015; Licht et al., 2015; Choi et al., 2016; Yano et al., 2016; Hao et al. 2017), as well as iron (Müller et al., 2006, Hatayama et al., 2010, Pauliuk et al., 2013, Pauliuk and Müller, 2014), aluminum (Hatayama et al., 2007, Chen and Graedel, 2012), copper (Graedel et al., 2004; Daigo et al., 2009; Elshkaki et al., 2016), lead (Elshkaki et al., 2005, Elshkaki et al., 2009), zinc (Daigo et al., 2014) and other base metals and alloy elements (Ohno et al., 2014, Ohno et al., 2015, Ohno et al., 2016a) have been conducted by material flow analysis (MFA), substance flow analysis (SFA), and an IO-MFA modeling approach (Nakamura et al., 2007, Nakamura et al., 2014). More recently, network analysis studies have been used to analyze the complex network of metal flows (Chen et al., 2016, Ge et al., 2016b, Nuss et al., 2016a, Ohno et al., 2016b, Tokito et al., 2016). While most of these studies examined the flows of critical metals in their supply chains in specific years, some attempted to capture future critical metal demands (Elshkaki, 2013, Elshkaki and Graedel, 2013, Elshkaki and Graedel, 2014, Seo and Morimoto, 2014, Choi et al., 2016, Ge et al., 2016a, Yano et al., 2016), as such assessments are useful for developing resource policies that consider ‘potential’procurement risks associated with critical metals. Regarding secondary materials, Elshkaki (2013) estimated future platinum demand and accumulation in mineral waste, soil, landfill sites, and construction materials using system dynamics modeling of intentional and non-intentional flows and stocks. Choi et al.(2016) also employed system dynamics modeling to forecast the supply and demand for indium under different energy and technology development scenarios, focusing on copper indium gallium selenide photovoltaics and light-emitting diode lighting. Elshkaki and Graedel (2013) modeled critical metal demands and stocks in renewable energy technologies, such as wind power and …