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Minerals and metals are omnipresent in our daily lives, as they are part of most of the objects around us. To reach this demand, industries across various sectors must secure their supply of a wide variety of raw materials. To achieve this, they need to have access to detailed, tailored, and up-to-date information on technical aspects, markets, as well as geopolitical and ESG dimensions.
Initiated by the government following the Varin report on securing supplies of critical metals published in January 2022, OFREMI was created in November 2022.
It brings together the expertise of key French players in the analysis of strategic metal value chains. As such, OFREMI’s consortium includes the French Geological Survey (BRGM), the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA), the IFP New Energies (IFPEN), the Ecologic Transition Agency (ADEME), the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), and the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM).
Gathering public authorities and major industrial sectors, it provides its partners with strategic, economic, and technical monitoring of global supply chains and the current and future needs of the industrial sector, to produce risk analyses necessary for investment decisions.