Report describing the ‘common methodology’ for global MFA and its applicability

This report will synthesize the findings and recommendations of WP2, 3 and 4 and use them to develop a general framework that prescribes a common set of methodological elements for assessing mineral raw material flows at a global level. Due to the wide range of objectives for these studies it is considered unlikely that a rigid methodology that is common to all of them is possible but there are certain elements which can be shared by all and that allow for integrating different approaches. This framework will take account of the recommendations made in relation to the most prominent demand-supply forecast models that permit the development of dynamic raw material flow models applicable at international level. In effect, this sub-task will attempt to establish a structure equivalent to that of an ISO for MFA. The ‘common methodology’ will be illustrated in the MinFuture online platform.