17/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - Raw materials are an essential part of both high tech products and everyday consumer products, such as mobile phones, thin layer photovoltaics, lithium-ion batteries, fibre optic cable, synthetic fuels, among others. Their availability, however, is increasingly under pressure according to a report published today by an expert group chaired by the European Commission. In their first ever overview on the state of access to raw materials in the EU, the experts label...