Goal
The Goal of the ETP SMR is to modernise and reshape one of the fundamental pillars of the European economy and society:
the European extracting and processing sector of energy and non-energy minerals
achieving the four benefits:
- Economic benefits and European added value through
- Higher resource efficiency
- Better and higher quality products
- R&D-based technology leadership
- Better education and training
- More competitive enterprises
- Securing the supply for European downstream industries
- Providing growth
- Environmental benefits
- Contribution to EU policies
- Better environmental performance of products and production
- Reduced material consumption per functional unit
- Reduced energy consumption per functional unit
- Providing expertise for rehabilitation of historical legacies
- Societal benefits
- Securing the future supply of and access to European raw materials;
- Boosting reuse, recovery and recycling
- new and improved high quality products and services - responding to societal needs in the 21st century
- Providing employment
- Providing regional developing
- Strengthening the European RTD
- providing a clear strategy in RTD
- focusing industrial and public investment
- supporting Europe’s position as technology leader
- mobilizing existing research and development capabilities to enable a more efficient approach to innovation
- Maintaining research base, education and training for the next generations