article_snippet: This is causing an imbalance between the supply of  metals and metalloids and metals and metalloids demand from consumers - a concept referred to as 'criticality.'
article_snippet: Criticality looks at which materials will become harder to find, which will have the highest environmental costs and which are irreplaceable .
article_snippet: Metal criticality is analysed in three ways - supply risk, vulnerability to supply restriction (VSR) and environmental implications.
article_snippet: Metal criticality is analysed in three ways - supply risk, vulnerability to supply restriction (VSR) and environmental implications.
article_snippet: Factors affecting extreme criticality include 'concentration of primary production' and political instability.
article_snippet: Among the factors affecting extreme criticality include 'high geopolitical concentration of primary production' and political instability.
highlights_snippet: Criticality looks at which materials will become harder to find, which will have the highest environmental costs and which are irreplaceable .
  