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Chapter 7
Training Organisations and Establishments
in France and Europe
Alain Cheilletz and Marcia Maia
A. Cheilletz ()
École nationale supérieure de géologie deNancy,
rue du Doyen Marcel Roubault, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
e-mail: alain.cheilletz@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr
M. Maia
Institut universitaire européen de la mer (IUEM),
Université de Bretagne occidentale, Place Nicolas Copernic,
29280 Plouzané, France
e-mail: marcia@univ-brest.fr
Demand for Raw Materials
The recent rise in the cost of energy and mineral raw materials, together with the
European Union’s high dependence on raw material imports, has raised awareness
of this major weakness for the development of modern societies among the main
political and economic players. This observation is coupled today with relevant strategic questions at a time when the Western energy systems industry, dominated by
carbon, is evolving towards propulsion and energy production systems that require
increasing quantities of metals; this further accentuates international dependence.
The entire periodic table of elements is concerned, but the greatest challenges will
doubtlessly lie within the field of high technology metals (also referred to as “small
metals”).
The European Commission’s Raw Materials Initiative (COM [2008] 699) is entitled “Meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe”. The ProMine
Project launched in the wake of this initiative is designed to meet the needs in terms
of basic knowledge on geological potential, metal deposits and their exploration in
Europe, as well as the development of more efficient extraction technologies compatible with the maintenance of a sustainable environment.
Major surface or deep-sea exploration campaigns are in progress in Scandinavia
(base metals, gold, uranium), Poland (base metals and small metals) and the Iberian
Peninsula (base metals, precious metals).
In France, while awaiting a hypothetical resumption of mining exploration (base
metals, precious metals, uranium and coal in particular are targeted) that should be
Y. Fouquet, D. Lacroix (eds.), Deep Marine Mineral Resources,
DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8563-1_7, © Éditions Quæ 2014
Chapter 7
Training Organisations and Establishments
in France and Europe
Alain Cheilletz and Marcia Maia
A. Cheilletz ()
École nationale supérieure de géologie deNancy,
rue du Doyen Marcel Roubault, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
e-mail: alain.cheilletz@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr
M. Maia
Institut universitaire européen de la mer (IUEM),
Université de Bretagne occidentale, Place Nicolas Copernic,
29280 Plouzané, France
e-mail: marcia@univ-brest.fr
Demand for Raw Materials
The recent rise in the cost of energy and mineral raw materials, together with the
European Union’s high dependence on raw material imports, has raised awareness
of this major weakness for the development of modern societies among the main
political and economic players. This observation is coupled today with relevant strategic questions at a time when the Western energy systems industry, dominated by
carbon, is evolving towards propulsion and energy production systems that require
increasing quantities of metals; this further accentuates international dependence.
The entire periodic table of elements is concerned, but the greatest challenges will
doubtlessly lie within the field of high technology metals (also referred to as “small
metals”).
The European Commission’s Raw Materials Initiative (COM [2008] 699) is entitled “Meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe”. The ProMine
Project launched in the wake of this initiative is designed to meet the needs in terms
of basic knowledge on geological potential, metal deposits and their exploration in
Europe, as well as the development of more efficient extraction technologies compatible with the maintenance of a sustainable environment.
Major surface or deep-sea exploration campaigns are in progress in Scandinavia
(base metals, gold, uranium), Poland (base metals and small metals) and the Iberian
Peninsula (base metals, precious metals).
In France, while awaiting a hypothetical resumption of mining exploration (base
metals, precious metals, uranium and coal in particular are targeted) that should be
Y. Fouquet, D. Lacroix (eds.), Deep Marine Mineral Resources,
DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8563-1_7, © Éditions Quæ 2014