# RIR – closest equivalent of Rostek and Loibl's definition (secondary materials, remelting and scrap against total feed incl. metal imports), EU-27 (zinc) – EU27, 2024

**35.10 %**

- Fact ID: `PZNUE-W-RIR-RL`
- Label (PL): RIR – najbliższy odpowiednik definicji Rostka i Loibl (surowce wtórne, przetop i złom wobec całego wsadu z przywozem metalu), UE-27 (cynk)
- Value (machine): 35.1
- Standard deviation: 3.1
- 90% interval (5th–95th percentile of Monte Carlo draws): 29.8 to 40.1
- Unit: %
- Period: 2024
- Area: EU27
- Metal: zn
- Verification: reconciled
- Note: Indicator from the reconciled 2024 balance; 90% interval (5th and 95th percentiles of 20,000 accepted Monte Carlo draws, each draw reconciled separately): from 29.8 to 40.1%; standard deviation of these draws 3.1.
- Source: Zinc flow in the EU-27, 2024 balance – model estimates with a wide uncertainty interval (ai-waw.com) – https://ai-waw.com/przeplyw-metali/przeplyw-cynku-ue (class C, primary data under the publishers' licences; calculations by ai-waw.com)
- Publisher: ai-waw.com (calculations); data: Eurostat, mining statistics, World Mining Data, company reports, BGS, worldsteel, EEA, BAT reference documents, EC, peer-reviewed literature
- Metal flow analysis: [AIWAW-2026-PZNUE – EU-27 Zinc Flows](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-zinc-flow-analysis.md)

Cite: ai-waw.com, AIWAW-2026-PZNUE v1.1, fact PZNUE-W-RIR-RL – https://ai-waw.com/przeplyw-metali/przeplyw-cynku-ue