About

The “Raw Materials Week” is the premier policy event on raw materials, organized annually by the European Commission since 2016. Drawing over 1,000 participants from industry, government, civil society, research, and academia, it serves as a hub for critical discussions and networking. The 2024 edition will be held from 9 to 13 December 2024 in Brussels.

Distinguished speakers from raw materials and strategic sectors like batteries, digital technologies, defence and space will address critical topics during the event. Discussions will include derisking raw material projects with EU and EU countries’ funding, technology and innovation through digital and cutting-edge solutions, boosting domestic supply, enhancing circularity with rare earth permanent magnets, markets trends, and maintaining high environmental and social standards. Cooperation with strategic international partner countries will also be a key focus.

As part of the program, the RM Week SCRREEN-IRTC event will take place on Tuesday, 10 December, in the Versailles Room at the Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels.

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Critical Raw Materials intelligence – From data to decisions

The Critical Raw Materials (CRM) event 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 is co-organised by the European Commission, the Horizon EU project SCRREEN3 – Solutions for CRitical Raw materials – a European Expert Network 3 – and the EIT RawMaterials project IRTC – International Round Table on Materials Criticality.

Session I: Feedback and lessons learnt on stress testing and serious games exercises. How to engage with industry to go a step further on criticality and monitoring their supply chain?

Chair: Ms. Constanze VEEH, DG GROW (tbc)

  • Mr. Stephane BOURG, Director, OFREMI
  • Syamend Al-Barazi. Head of Unit Mineral Economics, DERA
  • Renate Schoofs, Government of Flanders (tbc)

Session II:  Supply risk monitoring of intermediates steps in specific value chains

Chair: Mr. Gaétan LEFEBVRE, Senior analyst, coordinator for OFREMI and SCRREEN3 projects, BRGM

Presentations and panel discussion

  • Henry HUAN, CEO, ASHPETEK Solution, Taiwan
  • Rob Strayer, President, Critical Minerals Forum (tbc)
  • Ludivine Wouters, Managing Partner, Latitude Five

Q&A with the audience

Coffee break

Session II: Monitoring : the point of view of upstream players

Chair: Ms. Alessa HOOL, CEO, ESM Foundation, Coordinator IRTC

Presentations and panel discussion

  • Susanne Moser-Guntschnig, Head of European Union Public and Govermental Affairs, RHI Magnesita
  • Magnus Eriksson, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • Humberto da Costa Leite, CEO, Almina
  • Mr. Mika Seitovirta, Chief Regional Officer Europe, Sibanye Stillwater

Q&A with the audience

Download agenda here.