Why Europe must act now to change public perception of mining
The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) sets the target for the EU to extract 10 percent of its annual demand for key raw materials needs by 2030. To meet this goal, Europe must significantly [...]
Enhancing Mineral Security for Defence and Space Sovereignty
At a time of intensifying regional conflicts, here is what we need to do to secure raw material supplies for these critical sectors. By Annika Mulder, Vice President, Procurement Transversal and Space Systems Commodities, [...]
Request for Offers to Assist in an Institutional Accreditation Process
EIT RawMaterials seeks an external supplier to work with the Education team to complete its application for an institutional certification/accreditation for the EIT RawMaterials Academy. Work required The external supplier will undertake the following [...]
Rebuilding Europe’s mining legacy: Laying the foundations for a responsible mining future
We spoke with Sinead Kaufman, Chief Executive of the Minerals product group at Rio Tinto, about how the European mining industry has evolved over the past 30 years, the significant advancements in ESG standards, and [...]
Strategic collaboration is the key to Europe’s cleantech resilience
Op-Ed by Peter Tom Jones, KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals (SIM²) In recent months, setbacks for major midstream players in the mine-to-EV/cleantech value chain have highlighted the challenges currently faced by Europe's [...]
A realistic approach to maximising silicon recovery in Europe
OpEd by Jan-Philipp Mai, JPM Silicon The Critical Raw Materials Act has set an extremely ambitious goal: by 2030, at least 25 per cent of Europe's annual consumption of critical and strategic raw materials should [...]