EU CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS HUB: HOW TO SECURE THE SUPPLY OF CRITICAL MINERALS

How to achieve resilient supply chains of critical raw materials, vital for Europe’s clean technologies, through investment, partnerships and industrial policy.

The EU is lagging behind in terms of overseas investments in key metals for battery manufacturing.

The EU is heavily dependent on raw material imports and is failing to catch up with investments globally. At the same time, the recent energy crisis has highlighted the need to avoid further dependencies on critical raw materials. The future EU Critical Raw Materials Centre (CRM Centre), supported by a strong industrial policy and building on the work done in Member States, should provide real financial power to carry out raw materials-related projects and ensure resilient and sustainable supply chains for Europe.

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