Mining, metals and minerals

Embracing steel, non-ferrous metals, non metallic mineral products (cement, ceramics, glass, and lime) and the non-energy extractive industries (mining and minerals), the mission of Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry is to ensure that these sectors can operate within a framework which allows them to achieve a high level of competitiveness, with particular regard to the principles of sustainable development and the practices of fair trade.

We achieve this mission by:

assessing the impact on these sectors of Community instruments, legislation and policies, mainly in relation to environment, competition and international trade, innovation, and Research and Development (R&D)
encouraging the sectors to contribute to the attainment of the objectives of the policy of Sustainable Development and to participate in relevant Community programmes
communicating information to representative bodies on Community developments, in particular through the Raw Materials Supply Group
assessing the restructuring of the steel industry in accession countries
collecting comprehensive economic and technical data on the sectors, within the EU.