Historic mine sites in Europe

Europe is largely dependent on raw materials imports and has to supply its needs, especially of critical raw materials, from international sources. Nevertheless, Europe also has a long lasting mining history and some deposits have been mined continuously even for hundreds of years. FRAME WP7 investigates traditional mining sites and their raw material potential. In addition to the main commodities of these historic deposits, the project focuses on strategic raw materials (SRM) such as e.g. high-tech metals extracted as by-products and critical raw materials of the EU actual list. These raw materials might be contained in the ore or in residues from the nowadays abandoned mining and beneficiation activities. The dataset contains examples of historic mines that might have a potential for CRM. Related case studies give detailed information on the sites. Please note: the dataset does not reflect a pan-European assessment, but examples and case studies.欧洲高度依赖原材料进口，需从国际市场获取各类物资以满足国内需求，其中对关键原材料（Critical Raw Materials, CRM）的需求尤为突出。尽管如此，欧洲拥有悠久的采矿历史，部分矿床甚至已被持续开采数百年之久。FRAME WP7对传统采矿遗址及其原材料潜力展开研究。除这类历史矿床的主采矿物外，该项目还聚焦战略原材料（Strategic Raw Materials, SRM）——例如作为副产物提取的高科技金属，以及欧盟现行清单内的关键原材料。这类原材料可能赋存于矿石中，或是存在于当前已废弃的采矿与选矿活动所产生的尾矿之中。本数据集收录了若干具备关键原材料开发潜力的历史矿山案例，相关案例研究针对各遗址提供了详尽的背景资料。请注意：本数据集并非泛欧范围的评估成果，仅收录相关案例与实例。