The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) is adapting its organisational structure to help Europe’s industrial ecosystems recover more effectively from the COVID-crisis and to achieve the EU's digital and green goals.
We will be at this year's virtual edition of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) mineral exploration and mining convention, in Toronto, Canada 8-11 March 2021.
The European Commission instructed Due Diligence Ready! (an online portal with information, tools and training materials to guide companies in conducting due diligence on their minerals and metals supply chain) to survey companies and stakeholders for an evaluation of the support that the portal provided.
Business Planet heads to Greece to find out what Europe is doing to secure the finite resources that will be critical for high-tech and the renewable energy revolution.
The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) published 2 Result Packs, one covering sustainable access to raw materials, the other overviews innovative solutions for mineral exploration.
Today, Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and Commissioner Thierry Breton launched the European Raw Materials Alliance to connect industrial actors, Member States and civil society to build resilience and strategic autonomy for the rare earths and magnets value chain in Europe.
The launch event of the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) will take place on Tuesday 29 September, 14.00-16.30, Brussels time. It will be broadcasted live via video web streaming.
Today, the Commission presents an Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials, the 2020 List of Critical Raw Materials and a foresight study on critical raw materials for strategic technologies and sectors from the 2030 and 2050 perspectives.
The subject of this call is to provide maintenance of the SME due diligence tool, as well as consulting services.
Today, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe's new agenda for sustainable growth. With measures along the entire life cycle of products, the new Action Plan aims to make our economy fit for a green future, strengthen our competitiveness while protecting the environment and give new rights to consumers. Building on the work done since 2015, the new Plan focuses on the design and production for a circular economy, with the aim to ensure that the resources used are kept in the EU economy for as long as possible. The plan and the initiatives therein will be developed with the close involvement of the business and stakeholder community.
The EU will be at the mineral exploration and mining convention, PDAC 2020, in Toronto, Canada from 1-4 March. We will have an EU booth and will host a networking breakfast and a technology workshop.
The new case studies present European best practises for extractive industries operating in the area of the 'natura 2000 network'. They show, in practical terms, how to reconcile biodiversity protection with extractive activities.
Today, the European Commission is launching 'due diligence ready!', an online portal that provides businesses with guidance on how to check the sources of the metals and minerals entering their supply chains – the so-called 'due diligence' process. It will help them ensure that their use of raw materials respects human rights while improving transparency and accountability across their value chains.
The fourth edition of the Raw Materials Week took place from 18 - 22 November 2019, in Brussels.
On 20 November 2019, the European Commission will launch 'due diligence ready!'. This initiative will support responsible minerals and metals sourcing.
In May 2019, the Commission issued the report 'Recovery of critical and other raw materials from mining waste and landfills - state of play on existing practices'
The Commission is launching a targeted consultation for stakeholders.
This guidance is on cascading use of woody biomass. It addresses the circular economy commitment to promote the efficient use of bio-based resources. It's achieved by disseminating best practices on the cascading use of biomass and support for innovation in the bio-economy.
