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Europe’s Green Transition Driving Demand for Critical Raw Materials
Europe's focus on achieving climate neutrality is driving increased demand for critical raw materials.
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Industry News
EIT RawMaterials’ vision for sustainable resource management in Europe’s green evolution
EIT RawMaterials is actively engaged in collaborating with policymakers and industry stakeholders to drive innovation, shape policies, and develop a roadmap for Europe's critical materials sector to achieve sustainability goals.
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Europe is ‘miles behind’ in race for raw materials used in electric car batteries
European carmakers have secured less than a sixth of the key raw materials they will need by 2030 to make electric vehicle batteries, according to analysis that highlights the expected scramble for…
Policies and Regulation
Portuguese prime minister resigns amid lithium corruption allegations
Portugal is considered important in Europe’s drive for domestic lithium production.
Industry News
Fierce community opposition to copper, lithium projects threatens energy transition
Nationwide protests against mining projects are once again grabbing headlines amid a sweeping sense of urgency from governments and communities to gain greater control over minerals and metals that are essential for…
Industry News
Finland may be site of Anglo’s next greenfield mining project
Sakatti, with its metal concentrations of platinum group metals (PGMs), copper, nickel, cobalt, and others, may be the site of the next greenfield project of diversified Johannesburg- and London-listed mining company Anglo American.
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Russia: Europe imports €13 billion of ‘critical’ metals in sanctions blindspot
Despite a raft of sanctions now in place against Moscow, the critical raw materials trade remains exempt and EU purchases persist. Investigate Europe analysis finds European companies continue to pour billions into…
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Miners see value in EU focus on ESG but face red tape hurdles
Miners welcome the positive impact of Europe's focus on environment, social and governance issues (ESG) although the process can be riddled with red tape causing delays in achieving their green ambitions, company…
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Europe starts the clock on greening Soviet-era heating grids
As Europe aims to reach climate neutrality by 2050, transforming the massive pipeline networks heating millions of homes poses a huge engineering challenge.
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Investors glimpse opportunity in Europe’s unloved mining shares
Investors are finally seeing potential in European mining shares, as China’s step-by-step economic stimulus is steadily laying the foundations for a recovery of the unloved sector.