Articles | Volume 67
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-67-45-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-67-45-2025
17 Nov 2025
 | 17 Nov 2025

Mapping Critical Raw Materials (CRM) hard rock deposits in Europe

Capucine Albert, Guillaume Bertrand, Hervé Berthier, Daniel P. S. de Oliveira, and Jørgen Tulstrup

Cited articles

Albert, C. and Bertrand, G.: European onshore CRM evaluation, v1. GSEU – Geological Service for Europe report D2.5, 148 pp., 61 fig., 77 tab., 8 ann., https://www.geologicalservice.eu/upload/content/2023/gseu_d2-5_european-onshore-crm-resource-evaluation-v1.pdf (last access: 13 November 2025), 2025a. 
Albert, C. and Bertrand, G.: Map of Critical Raw Materials hard rock deposits of Europe 2024, Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15222112, 2025b. 
Albert, C. and Bertrand, G.: Dataset for the Map of Critical Raw Materials hard rock deposits of Europe 2024, Zenodo [data set], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15234833, 2025c. 
Bertrand, G., Cassard, D., Arvanitidis, N., Stanley, G., and the EuroGeoSurveys Mineral Resources Expert Group: Map of critical raw material deposits in Europe, Energy Procedia, 97, 44–50, 2016. 
Billa, M., Cassard, D., Deschamps, Y., and Salpeteur, I.: Europe Mineral Resources GIS, in: 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, 6–14 August 2008. 
Download
Short summary
This article presents the map and dataset of critical raw materials (CRM) deposits in Europe produced within the GSEU (Geological Service for Europe) project. The map displays over 800 deposits in 33 countries. The article describes the methodology for compiling and harmonizing data, as well as a global assessment of CRM potential in Europe. It also discusses barriers of compiling and harmonizing CRM data at continental scale, and the limitations of the map and its dataset.
Share