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EU Warns Critical Raw Materials Race Is Becoming a Global Power Struggle
EU officials say control over critical raw materials is becoming central to global economic and geopolitical power.
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Europe Warned of New “China Shock” as Industrial Dependence Deepens
European analysts warn that growing dependence on Chinese imports is accelerating industrial decline and job losses across Europe.
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EU Faces Criticism Over Plans to Fast-Track Industrial and Energy Projects
A new report accuses the EU of weakening environmental safeguards to fast-track industrial and energy projects across Europe.
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Europe’s National Critical Minerals Funds Are Finally Writing Cheques — But Private Capital and Midstream Investment Remain the Missing Pieces
A Brussels summit on European raw materials finance concluded that national funds must act as catalysts for private investment rather than market replacements, with midstream processing capacity and fragmented "Team Europe" coordination…
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Europe Must Treat Smelting as a National Security Asset and Move 60 Strategic Projects From Paper to Production, Industry Leaders Warn
Industry leaders at the RawMaterials Summit warned that Europe must now treat smelting as a national security asset and move its pipeline of 60-plus strategic minerals projects from regulatory designation to operational…
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EU Shortlists Tungsten, Rare Earths and Gallium for First Coordinated Critical Minerals Stockpile as Rotterdam Talks Begin
The EU has shortlisted tungsten, rare earths and gallium for its first coordinated critical minerals stockpile and begun storage talks with the Port of Rotterdam, as ten member states advance planning to…
Policies and Regulation
EU Agrees Critical Medicines Act to Cut Drug Supply Chain Dependence and Build Emergency Stockpiles Across Member States
The EU has agreed the Critical Medicines Act, requiring member states to diversify pharmaceutical supply chains, expand domestic production and coordinate emergency stockpiles to reduce dangerous dependence on single-source suppliers.
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Europe’s Fear of Missing Out on Critical Minerals Is Crystallising Around a Forgotten Slovak Antimony Mine — and a Funding Gap No One Has Filled
Slovakia's Soviet-era Trojarova antimony deposit could supply a third of Europe's annual demand within two to three years, but the Canadian company developing it has found no European buyers or partners —…
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US and EU Procurement Rules Are Shifting Rare Earth Buying Decisions Away From China, Lynas CEO Says
Lynas CEO Amanda Lacaze says US and EU procurement regulations are already changing rare earth purchasing decisions, with buyers shifting away from China to comply with new sourcing restrictions ahead of their…
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Ukraine Could Develop Critical Minerals Four Times Faster Than European Average as EU Export Credit Agencies Move to Finance Projects
Ukraine could develop critical mineral projects four times faster than the European average thanks to digitised Soviet geological data, as the EU connects Polish, Finnish and French export credit agencies to finance…