Enabling smart, sustainable and innovative solutions to boost Europe’s exploration, mining and processing activities Minerals and metals are essential to modern society and the key to a more sustainable and carbon-neutral future. Europe is facing the challenge of increasing demand for raw materials combined with a high import dependency and [...]
Innovation project I-EDDA-TC will establish a leading test center for drilling and drilling-related equipment to foster innovation in mineral exploration This month, a new Innovation Test Center is set to start drilling to be used for mineral exploration testing in Örebro, Sweden. The Innovation Center will offer testing opportunities for different types of exploration drilling and [...]
Innovation in primary and secondary raw materials sector in South-East Europe ADRIA Innovation Day 2019 will present opportunities for the business sector under the EIT RawMaterials and the Regional Center ADRIA to enhance raw materials network in South-East Europe. […]
How better to account for your primary raw materials in your LCA EIT RawMaterials supported innovation project SUPRIM stands for SUstainable management of PRIMary raw materials through a better approach in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment. It is a three year-funded EIT RawMaterials project that will offer solutions and services to address impacts of resource use [...]
Transparency achieved through blockchain technology DOMO, Covestro and Circularise have announced a new collaborative project for circularity in the plastics industry through the use of blockchain technology. The newly formed Circularise PLASTICS project group aims to set up an open standard for sustainability and transparency within this field. Cicularise protocol enables trusted data exchange in fragmented supply [...]
#EITRACE2019 70 Master students went on a two-week, challenge-based learning journey across the raw materials value chain On 18-31 August 2019, 70 Master students from 27 leading European Universities participated in the Raw & Circular Economy Expedition (RACE) 2019 – a two-week, challenge-based learning journey across the raw [...]
EIT RawMaterials sessions will showcase the importance of minerals, metals and materials in the context of the sustainable management of resources and the shift to the green economy The conference European Days for Sustainable Circular Economy will be held between 30 September and 1 October 2019 in Helsinki, Finland with a view to presenting the [...]
#DigiEduHack Be part of a global community and become a change-maker! We are excited to announce EIT RawMaterials partners for this year’s Digital Education Hackathon, the DigiEduHack, where five EIT Innovation Communities will launch 50 Hackathon events across Europe and beyond on 3 October 2019. […]
#RiDaysEU #EITcommunity #EITimpact Bringing stakeholders together to shape future research and innovation policy The European Research and Innovation Days is the first annual policy event of the European Commission, bringing together stakeholders to debate and shape the future research and innovation landscape. […]
The newly opened regional innovation RIS Hub Baltic will connect research and science entrepreneurs with industry partners to increase innovation capacity and industrial competitiveness in the region Riga Technical University (RTU), Kaunas University of Technology and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) will foster the integration of the local Baltic ecosystem by establishing EIT RawMaterials Hub [...]
