Mineral raw materials, supply chain, mining industry, sourcing process, extraction process, exploration process, modeling, SCOR model, DCOR model. - The mining industry is essential for manufacturing because it provides the basic materials for the related value-adding processes. Deep integration...

The aim of this study is to analyse how research and innovation activities, funded by the Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, Materials, New Production Technologies (NMP) and the Industrial Biotechnology (B) themes in the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) (together: FP7 NMBP), are...