About

• Secretariat: AFNOR (France)

  Committee Manager:

  Mme Donia Benider
• Chairperson (until end 2029):

  M Grégoire Jean
• ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:

  Mme Mercè Ferrés Hernández
  ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:

  Ms Tajna Biscevic
• Creation date: 2023

Scope

Standardization in the field of specialty metals, minerals and materials from primary and secondary sources used for specialty technologies (e.g. emerging technologies, renewable energy). It includes: terminology, classification, sampling, testing and chemical analysis methods, traceability, packaging and labelling.

A list of specialty metals and minerals is included as follows: antimony, beryllium, cobalt, chromium, graphite, niobium, platinum group metals, tantalum, vanadium, zirconium.

Excluded:

• Finished consumer products;
• Sustainability issues;
• Mining, already covered by ISO/TC 82 “Mining”;
• Metals and minerals already covered by existing ISO technical committees: ISO/TC 18 “Zinc and zinc alloys”, ISO/TC 20/SC 18 “Materials” (under ISO/TC 20 “Aircraft and space vehicles”), ISO/TC 26 “Copper and copper alloys”, ISO/TC 79 “Light metals” (aluminum, titanium, magnesium), ISO/TC 132 “Ferroalloys” (manganese, chrome in ferroalloys), ISO/TC 155 “Nickel and nickel alloys”, ISO/TC 183 “Copper, lead, zinc and nickel ores and concentrates”, ISO/TC 229 “Nanotechnologies” ISO/TC 298 “Rare earth”, ISO/TC 333 “Lithium”.

NOTE: Other metals and minerals not covered by existing committees can be added to the list in the future.