Following the success of the 1^st edition of Raw Materials Week, the 2^nd edition took place in Brussels from 6 - 10 November 2017. It was a good opportunity for the raw materials community to discuss and exchange on all relevant issues: policy, technology, international cooperation, framework conditions, etc.

Raw Materials Week was centred around a series of events organised by the European Commission addressing the latest news on raw materials in the EU:

• 7 November:
  • EU advanced mining countries conference - sustainable and responsible sourcing and mining (see programme, presentations and photos of the event)
  • Critical raw materials event (see programme and presentations)
• 8 November: 5^th annual high level conference of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on raw materials (see programme, presentations and photos of the event)
• 9 November:
  • Horizon 2020 event: societal challenge 5 infoday & and brokerage 
  • Reconciling biodiversity protection and extractive activities (see programme, presentations and photos of the event)
  • The EU Raw Materials Knowledge Base in support of EU raw materials policy (see programme, presentations and photos of the event) 

List of participants - Raw Materials Week 2017

All photos from Raw Materials Week 2017

Video from Raw Materials Week 2017

Other stakeholders were invited to organise satellite events. The following satellite events were organised in Brussels during Raw Materials Week by external stakeholders:

• 6 November:
  • The Polish contribution to the EU raw materials initiative 
• 7 November:
  • Investigating resource saving potentials in the German non-ferrous metals industry – DelphiNE
• 9 November:
  • Workshop on environmental raw material availability – evaluating the environmental hazard potentials of raw materials
• 10 November:
  • Prospecting secondary raw materials in the urban mine and mining wastes (ProSUM) 
  • MINATURA2020 final conference