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Apr

Webinar: Global magnesium market update with focus on China-based primary production

Join conference keynote speaker Alan Clark as he previews his conference presentation providing present current trends in China’s primary magnesium production base, including an update on regional production, utilization rates, cost drivers, profitability, new capacity, technology developments, as well as a discussion about China’s recent environmental clampdown and its impact on magnesium production. Alan Clark is a metallurgical engineer with

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31
Jan

CRM Day 2019

The Critical Raw Materials Alliance is happy to announce its upcoming CRM Day which will be dedicated to “Transitioning to a low carbon and energy efficient economy: Battery Raw Materials vs CRMs behind the scene”. The event will take place in Brussels on 20 March 2019 at the Renaissance Brussels Hotel in Rue de Parnasse 19, Brussels, from 10:00 am to

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19
Dec

Registration now open: DEMETER concluding symposium

Did you know there are already 4 million EVs on the road and the International Energy Agency expects the number of EVs to increase to 70 million in 2025? Will this electrification of mobility contribute to the goal of Europe to become climate neutral by 2050, in line with the targets of the Paris climate agreement of December 2015 to

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6
Nov

Registrations are open for PROMETIA’s 5th Scientific Seminar!

This year’s PROMETIA Scientific Seminar will be held on 13-14 December in Berlin, Germany. The topic of the 2018 PROMETIA Annual Event is “Circular Economy” and will combine both the industry and R&D vision/perspective. Confirmed contributors include: Experts: Patrice Christmann Industry: ERAMET, Scoria Environmental SMEs: CTA, Extracthive, Isle Utilities Academia/Research : BRGM, CEA, CIRCE, Chalmers, CTM, GTK, ICSM, IMN, LGC, LUT,

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11
Sep

We’re counting on you: fill this PROMETIA survey in 5 minutes or less!

PROMETIA is conducting a study to understand how Open Innovation can improve R&D actions of raw materials European industry. You can complete this survey in 5 minutes or less! Please click here to complete 15 brief questions. The survey is being administered by an independent entity, Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA), and all your answers will be handled confidentially and used only

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14
Dec

White Paper on Responsible Mining

Modern societies are dependent on mineral-based products. Energy technology, Information and communications technology, consumer electronics, infrastructure, logistics and food production all increasingly rely on an ever-widening array of minerals and metals. For example, production of a personal computer or a smartphone needs over 40 elements. Rapid replacement of internal combustion engines by electricity based technology in the car industry and

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28
Aug

Critical raw materials: what are they?

Raw materials, which are essential elements in today’s industrial production, are crucial for the sustainable functioning of our economy. Used in microprocessors, smartphones, LCD screens, batteries and low energy light bulbs, raw materials are an intrinsic part of our daily lives and the industry demand is growing at impressive rates. Strategic economic sectors in Europe, such as the automotive, aerospace

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8
Feb

6th EU-US- Japan Trilateral Conference on Critical Materials

More than 100 participants attended the 6th EU-US- Japan Trilateral Conference on Critical Materials. The theme of the 2016 Conference was “Strategies for Sustainable Supply of Critical Raw Materials”. It was a good opportunity for researchers to network and for the relevant organisations (METI, NEDO, DOE and EC) to reconfirm the importance and relevance of such dialogue both at policy and

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8
Feb

Raw Materials Week

All of the presentations given during the 1st edition of the Raw Materials Week – organised in Brussels from 28 November to 2 December 2016 – have been published on the EIP on Raw Materials’ website. During this first edition, a wide range of European and international stakeholders from industry, academia and government discussed European raw materials policies and future

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27
Jan

Download: Raw materials scoreboard

European innovation partnership on raw materials The raw materials scoreboard is an initiative of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Raw Materials. Its purpose is to provide quantitative data on the EIP’s general objectives and on the raw materials policy context. It presents relevant and reliable information that can be used in policymaking in a variety of areas. The scoreboard

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