The data provided in the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) 2023 report (Carrara et al. 2023) identify those raw materials (RM) where production needs to significantly increase in order to meet the low-demand (LDS) and high demand (HDS) scenarios in the EU and worldwide. This Briefing Paper highlights the key findings of the JRC report, provides available data, and comments on mineral demand and projected supply from an economic geology perspective.