SCRREEN events

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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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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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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The 3rd International Critical Metals Conference, organized by the Mineralogical Society’s Applied Mineralogy Group, will be held at the Surgeons Hall venue, Edinburgh on the 30th of April to the 2nd of May 2019, with an ice breaker event on the evening of the 29th of April. This conference aims to bring together researchers, both academic and industrial, who are

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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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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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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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The second event, aptly named ‘CRM in our everyday life’ offers an opportunity to a variety of stakeholders to get a fresh update about the latest EU activities in the field of Critical Raw Materials. The event takes place during the Raw Materials Week 2018 and is co-organised by the European Commission, and the Horizon 2020 project SCRREEN, together with

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Following the success of the 1st edition of the “Raw Materials Week”, the 2nd edition will take place in Brussels from Monday 6 to Friday 10 November 2017. It will be a great opportunity for the raw materials community to discuss and exchange on all relevant issues: policy, technology, international cooperation, framework conditions, etc. The Raw Materials Week is centred around a series

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Launched in November 2016, the SCRREEN project aims to create a long-lasting Expert Network on Critical Raw Materials issues. The activities of the project are focused on the three pillars of critical raw materials: primary resources, secondary resources (recycling and recovery issues) and best alternatives for substitution of materials/processes. MINPOL chaired the ‘Resources’ Expert Group that will contribute to mapping, assessing and

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