T ennessine Base Metals The backbone for Europe s economic infrastructure and prod ucts these metals are used in large and increasing quantities Base metals act as carriers for a range of other metals Precious metals A vailable for centuries the rarity of precious metals has traditionally given them a high economic value T oday they are used in various hightechnology applications including solar panels electronics fuel cells Specialty metals Used in small volumes these often rare metals are essential for the production of hightechnology devises and lowcarbon technologies Almost all specialty metals are byproducts of base metals production Nonferrous metals produced andor recycled in Europe R are Earth Metals are used across European industries but do not yet themselves have a major domestic manufacturing base MET ALS IN A CLIMA TE NEUTRAL EUROPE A 2050 BL UEPRINT 11