SSSA is involved in the Subproject 9 Scenarios, Sustainability,
Dissemination & Training, in particularly in the Work Package
4. This KPI, developed at SSSA, measures the most important
effects in the EU/Rest of the World Steel Trade due to the
implementation of a new technology: a quantitative approach
has been used in order to evaluate the EU raw material
dependence from the rest of the world and an approach
both qualitative and quantitative has been used in order to
calculate the variations in the EU competitiveness. An important
consideration in the development of KPIs is the selection of the
appropriate measurement categories. The selection is based,
first of all, on the quantification of the European dependence
through the weight of the non EU supplier countries and
through the weight of the most important raw materials in the
production process, then on the measurement of the European
competitiveness. The article describes the methodology and
the algorithms applied in the steel sector. Finally, some results
are shown and discussed.