Lithium as a battery metal is becoming increasingly important in the global energy transition for mobile and stationary storage. The European Union has significant deposits of economic value. However, most of these are still in the exploration phase; only...

The annual PDAC 2024 Convention – the world’s premier mineral exploration and mining convention will take place from 3 – 6 March in Toronto, Canada. The annual award winning PDAC Convention in Toronto, Canada brings together up to 30,000...

The Raw Materials Week is an annual event organised by the European Commission. It gathers a wide range of stakeholders discussing policies and initiatives in the field of raw material, providing an overview of ongoing EU activities in this sector....

Currently the EU is highly dependent on a small number of countries for raw materials, especially the critical raw materials that it needs for strategic value chains such as e-mobility, batteries, and renewable energy. Europe’s opportunity to become self-sufficient, resilient, sustainable...

Not (just) 5 People Talking about Responsible Sourcing – Let’s come together and make it work better! The RE-SOURCING project is in its final year and the team is eager to share with you its most important insights on...

The project EU-Latin America Partnership on Raw Materials, funded by the European Union (EU), aims at promoting and intensifying cooperation between the EU and seven Latin American partner countries (i.e. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay) along the...

Europe’s leading conference in the raw materials sector: Connecting science, technology and innovation in the raw materials sector for the green energy transition. The annual event attracts more than 80 speakers and hundreds of attendees from organisations building a...

The one-day conference on 25th of April 2023 questions Europe’s raw materials supply security in the context of its economically viable raw material potential and of current geopolitics. It examines the existing and future framework conditions for mining projects...

Join our interactive Stakeholder Workshop and contribute directly to discussions on the critical research and innovation needs now and in the near future, related to EU raw materials security of supply. Deliberate over the latest updates to the ETP...

The mining sector is critical in the EU’s transition to a climate-neutral and digital economy, as it sets the basis for industrial production processes and the development of strategic sectors, including renewable energy, electric mobility, defence and aerospace, and digital...