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
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. Six Expert Groups (Markets, Governments & Policies, Substitution, Resources, Circular Economy,
Strategic Dialogue on Sustainable Raw Materials for Europe (STRADE) will organise the following event – European and global extractive industries: Steps towards sustainable partnership approaches and responsible mining practice. It is slated to take place in Brussels, Belgium from 19-20 June 2017. STRADE aims to facilitate four workshops: Day 1 A1. Dialogues between resource producers and consumers: Towards a new platform for
A European conference around CRM recovery, with an opportunity to visit the Axion trial site. This conference aims to assess the barriers to improved recovery and recycling of critical raw materials CRMs throughout the whole supply chain from the logistics of collection to advanced recovery techniques. The conference will be of interest to those responsible for the commissioning and delivery
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
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