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16
Jan

SCRREEN Final Report now available

Our project has gathered experts from European initiatives, associations, clusters, and projects working on CRMs into a long lasting Expert Network on Critical Raw Materials, including the stakeholders, public authorities and civil society representatives. Therefore acting as a point of reference in Europe for CRM strategy and served as an umbrella network providing a single voice to communicate CRM data,

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14
Jan

What’s NEXT for SCRREEN?

Six Expert Groups have been established in the SCRREEN project to support the development of the network with hopes to have their work to become a focal point of advice for decision making with regard to CRMs: Market, Governments & Policies, Resources, Circular Economy, Production, Substitution. Plans were made for the future to maintain and keep a Long Lasting Network of experts.

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14
Jan

A lookback at the SCRREEN project clustering events

SCRREEN organised three clustering events during the lifetime of the project, see their short descriptions below: The first clustering workshop took place in parallel with the project’s first round of Expert Group meetings on Resources and Policy, 30 – 31 May 2017, Brussels. 16 projects were invited, of which 9 attended the event. All projects had 10 minutes to introduce

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14
Jan

SCRREEN interviews: 4 work package leaders, 5 questions

Four work package leaders agreed to answer a few questions and share their impression of achievements regarding their work packages, challenges, and their overall contribution in an exclusive interview. Work Package 4 – Production Marjaana Karhu (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) SCRREEN: What was your contribution to the project? Marjaana Karhu (VTT): I have been working as work package leader in

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11
Dec

Presentations from the 3rd EU critical raw materials event now available!

 It was a good opportunity for the raw materials community to discuss and exchange on all relevant issues. The main event of the week was the 7th annual High-level Conference of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on raw materials. It reported on the continuing work on the EU Masterplan for a competitive transformation of energy intensive industries. Which, in turn,

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4
Oct

The 3rd edition of SCRREEN’s Critical Raw Materials event is now open for registration

The 3rd edition of the Critical Raw Materials event will be organised by SCRREEN during the Raw Materials Week. It will take place at the Plaza Hotel in Brussels on Monday, November 18th. Registration is now open on the platform of the European Commission, here. This event will be the final event of SCRREEN. You should register promptly as the number

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2
Jul

Report on The Potential Impact of Critical Raw Materials on Business Continuity

The Potential Impact of Critical Raw Materials on Business Continuity and Options to Minimise Risks: Latest Findings from Stakeholder Engagement Activities. In this report we share a summary of the perceived potential impact on business continuity as a result of CRM supply chain disruption, based on the feedback collected through a series of stakeholder engagement activities. We also share feedback on strategies

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24
May

Missed our last webinar? Full recording and presentation slides now available

Over 180 delegates registered for the SCRREEN Webinars held on 8th and 15th May 2019 to find out more about Critical Raw Materials. If you missed out, don’t worry! Below, you can find access the full webinar recording and the presentation slides online. The SCRREEN webinars were hosted by project partner, KTN  and were delivered by Darren Hill, KTN, Peter Clark, KTN, Andrew

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4
Apr

SCRREEN: Call for experts

Preparation of the 2020 Raw Materials Criticality Assessment The SCRREEN project has been mandated by the European Commission to conduct a survey in order to identify the most relevant experts who will be invited by the European Commission to contribute to the criticality assessment by the end of this year. We are looking for experts having a specific and precise

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4
Apr

SCRREEN WEBINARS: Current situation of the use and substitutability of CRMs

Background Raw materials are crucial to Europe’s economy and essential to maintaining and improving our quality of life. Securing reliable and unhindered access to certain raw materials is a growing concern within the EU and across the globe. To address this challenge, the European Commission has created a list of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs). CRMs combine a high economic importance to

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