References

Structure of the Output Excel File & the Dataframe

The results generated by the gprs_calc method are saved as an Excel file with the following columns

Column	Description
DBID	Internal unique identifier for tracking records (used in SQL queries).
Country [Economic Entity]	Name of the country or economic region.
Raw Material	Name of the raw material assessed.
Year	Year of assessment.
GeoPolRisk Score	Dimensionless supply risk score (0 = no risk, 1 = maximum risk).
GeoPolRisk Characterization Factor [eq. Kg-Cu/Kg]	CF to use in LCA, normalized against copper.
HHI	Herfindahl-Hirschman Index indicating production concentration.
Import Risk	Weighted import dependency based on political instability.
Price	Average bilateral traded price of the raw material (USD/kg).

List of Raw Materials and Mapped HS Codes

The following table presents the Harmonized System (HS) codes mapped to the raw materials, along with the corresponding stage in the value chain considered for the assessment.

Raw Material	Supply Chain Stage	Symbol	HS Code	HS Code - Additional	HS Codes Description
Aluminium	Processing	Al	760110		Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed)
Antimony	Extraction	Sb	261710		Antimony ores and concentrates
Arsenic	Processing	As2O3	280480		Arsenic
Asbestos	Extraction	Asbestos	252400		Asbestos
Baryte	Extraction	BaSO4	251110		Barium Sulphate
Bauxite	Extraction	Bauxite	260600		Aluminium Ores and concentrates
Bentonite	Extraction	Bentonite	250810		Clays (excluding expanded clays of heading no. 6806): bentonite, whether or not calcined
Beryllium	Processing	Be	811211		Beryllium: unwrought, waste and scrap, powders
Bismuth	Processing	Bi	810600		Bismuth: articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Boron	Extraction	B2O3	252890		Borates: natural, and concentrates thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 2528, excluding borates separated from natural brine: natural boric acid containing not more than 85% of H3Bo3 calculated on the dry weight
Cadmium	Processing	Cd	810710	283030	Cadmium: unwrought, waste and scrap, powders
Chromite	Extraction	Cr2O3	261000		Chromium ores and concentrates
Cobalt	Processing	Co	282200	810510	Cobalt oxides and hydroxides: commercial cobalt oxides
Coking Coal	Extraction	Coking Coal	270112		Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated
Copper	Extraction	Cu	260300		Copper ores and concentrates
Crude oil	Extraction	Crude Oil	270900		Petrolium oils and oils obtained from bituinous minerals
Diamonds	Extraction		710210		Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set - unsorted
Diamonds	Extraction		710510		Stones; precious and semi-precious, dust and powder, of diamonds
Diatomite	Processing	Diatomite	251200		Siliceous fossil meals (eg kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar siliceous earths: whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less
Feldspar	Extraction	Feldspar	252910		Feldspar
Fluorspar	Extraction	CaF2	252922		Fluorspar, > 97% calcium fluoride
Gallium		Ga	Not Available		Gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium: articles thereof, unwrought, waste and scrap, powders
Germanium	Processing	Ge	811230	282560	Germanium: including waste and scrap
Gold	Processing	Au	261690	710812	Precious metal ores and concentrates: (excluding silver)
Graphite	Extraction	Graphite	250410	250490	Graphite, Natural
Gypsum	Extraction	CaSO4.2H2O	252010		Gypsum, anhydrite
Indium		In	Not Available		Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium, articles of these metals, including waste and scrap
Iron	Extraction	Fe	260111	260112	Iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites
Kaolin	Processing	Kaolin	250700	250830 250840	Kaolin and other kaolinic clays: whether or not calcined
Lead	Extraction	Pb	260700		Lead ores and concentrates
Lignite	Extraction	Lignite	270210	270220	Lignite: whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated, excluding jet
Lithium	Processing	Li	282520	283691	Lithium oxide and hydroxide
Magnesite	Extraction	MgCO3	251910		Magnesium carbonate
Manganese	Extraction	Mn	260200		Manganese ores and concentrates
Mercury	Extraction	Hg	280540		Mercury
Molybdenum	Extraction	Mo	261390		Molybdenum ores and concentrates
Natural gas	Extraction	Natural gas	271111	271121	Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas
Nickel	Extraction	Ni	260400		Nickel ores and concentrates
Niobium	Processing	Nb	720293		Ferro-alloys: ferro-niobium
Oil Sands			Not Available		Not Available
Oil Shales			Not Available		Not Available
Palladium	Processing	Pd	711021	711029	Metals; palladium, unwrought or in powder form
Perlite			Not Available		Not Available
Phosphate	Extraction	P	251020		Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk: ground
Platinum	Processing	Pt	711011	711019 711290 711510	Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms or in powder form
Potash			Not Available		Not Available
Rare earth	Processing	REE	284690	284610 280530	Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals
Rhenium		Re	Not Available		Rhenium and articles thereof, wrought, other than powders, waste and scrap
Rhodium	Processing	Rh	711031	711039	Metals; rhodium, unwrought or in powder form
Salt			Not Available		Not Available
Selenium	Processing	Se	280490		Selenium
Silver	Extraction	Ag	261610		Silver ores and concentrates
Steam Coal	Extraction	Coal	270119	270111 270112	Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated
Sulfur	Processing	S	250310	250390	Sulphur: crude or unrefined
Talc			Not Available		Not Available
Tantalum	Processing	TaO5	810310		Tantalum: unwrought, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering, waste and scrap, powders
Tellurium	Processing	Te	280450		Boron, tellurium
Tin	Extraction	Sn	260900		Tin ores and concentrates
Titanium	Extraction	TiO2	261400		Titanium ores and concentrates
Tungsten	Extraction	W	261100	810110	Tungsten ores and concentrates
Uranium	Extraction	U	261210		Uranium ores and concetrates
Vanadium	Processing	V	282530	720292	Vanadium oxides and hydroxides
Vermiculite			Not Available		Not Available
Zinc	Extraction	Zn	260800		Zinc ores and concentrates
Zirconium	Extraction	Zr	261510		Zirconium ores and concentrates

Note

This mapping was based on cross-referencing several sources such as the SCRREEN factsheets, the USGS report, and others. A complete documentation of the mapping is available to download.

Download the full Excel: Supplementary Documentation - GeoPolRisk.xlsx

This documentation of the excel file was completed with the support of Panyam Vijay Madhu Mayura Varma, as his internship objective in the first year of the Master's in EBA (2024–2025) at IAE Bordeaux. View his profile on ResearchGate.