Tag: Critical Raw Materials

The Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) 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 2020 project SCRREEN2 – expert network on CRMs in the frame of sixth edition of the “Raw Materials Week”

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PRESS RELEASE The EU is highly dependent on critical raw materials (CRMs), which are crucial for a strong European industrial base. There is a need for an expert advice to better understand the value chains of the raw materials screened in the CRMs assessment in order to secure the sustainable access to primary and secondary raw materials and particularly Critical Raw

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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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 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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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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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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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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As part of the criticial raw materials online campaign, we’ve rolled out several visuals so far – each covering a critical raw material (CRM) included in the most recent 2017 list of Critical Raw Materials for the EU. In the bid to raise the awareness of new critical raw materials, the European SCRREEN project has launched a multilingual communication campaign

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During the annual CRM event, SCRREEN carried out exclusive interviews with some of the CRMs experts. Discover their take on key issues concerning CRMs. We have also included their profiles at the end of this feature. Q1: CRMs are so important because they are essential for the manufacturing of a wide range of products that we use every day (smartphones, laptops, airplanes, cars, photovoltaic

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