The EU is committed to creating 10,000 new jobs in the European raw materials sector in the short term. JA Europe and EIT RawMaterials’ partnership blends entrepreneurship and STEM education to bring innovation focusing on raw materials into the classroom in Bulgaria and Romania. Fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the raw materials sector A new [...]
Europe – A Global Leader in Science, Technology and Innovation The annual European Innovation Summit celebrated its tenth anniversary in Brussels during the last week of November. […]
COP24 United Nations Climate Change Conference (3-14 December 2018) will take place in Katowice, Poland under the auspices of the Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) of UNFCCC Mining Industries and the Sustainable Transformation of Towns with Circular Economy and Just Transition EIT RawMaterials will be represented by Dr Karen Hanghøj, CEO and Managing Director [...]
Europe is promoting the concept of a Circular Economy Carbon footprints of urban transition: Tracking Circular Economy promotions in Guiyang, China The intCEB research project is an internationalisation project supported by EIT RawMaterials that aims to foster best practice exchanges between China and Europe on a Circular Economy, running between April 2017 and April 2018. [...]
Expert Forum gathered stakeholders from the battery value chain to drive innovation in strategic and critical metals for electrification. Almost 200 stakeholders from across the battery, as well as magnet and e-drive value chains, gathered at the EIT RawMaterials workshop held in Darmstadt. The event was part of the European Battery Alliance initiative and the EIT RawMaterials Lighthouse [...]
Raising awareness of the raw materials for modern life and exploring career opportunities in the raw materials sector. This fall, EIT RawMaterials university partners from Italy, University of Padova and the University of Milano-Bicocca, opened its doors to the second edition of the RawMaterials Univerity Day 2018. The second edition of RawMaterials University Day (RMUD) [...]
Almost 200 stakeholders from across the battery as well as magnet and e-drive value chains gathered at the EIT RawMaterials workshop held in Darmstadt. The event was part of the European Battery Alliance initiative and the EIT RawMaterials Lighthouse Program on Sustainable Materials for Future Mobility. […]
EIT RawMaterials has been awarded its first Horizon 2020 project CICERONE on Circular Economy EIT RawMaterials achieves its first Horizon 2020 project in Circular Economy and becomes a member of one of the four consortia selected by DG Environment supporting Green Growth and Circular Economy. Project CICERONE is a CSA (Coordinated and Support Action) that [...]
EIT RawMaterials supported start-up Metalshub raises €3 million to revolutionise the world of metals trading On 25 September 2018, Metalshub closed a Series Seed funding round of €3 million. The round was led by Brazilian alternative asset manager Chromo Invest and Berlin-based VC Point Nine Capital with existing business angels participating. The two founders Dr Frank Jackel [...]
EIT RawMaterials supported start-up sustainabill joins the Copernicus Incubator Programme The Copernicus Incubator Programme supports the most innovative and commercially promising business applications based on the Copernicus data and services. Using Copernicus data for remote data analysis will allow the sustainabill start-up to automatically validate supplier self-information and assess sustainability risks. […]
