enero 2026
New CEPS policy brief highlights the role of secondary raw materials in the EU
A recent policy brief published by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), authored by Edoardo Righetti, Deniz Tekin, and Vasileios Rizos, analyses how the European Union can strengthen strategic cooperation with the Western Balkans on secondary raw materials at a time of growing demand for critical raw materials (CRMs), increasing geopolitical uncertainty and mounting pressure on [...]
EU launches new phase of Hydrogen Mechanism
The European Commission has started a new phase of the Hydrogen Mechanism under the EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform. This phase allows European buyers to look at supply offers for renewable and low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives, and to express their interest. The phase runs until 20 March 2026. The Hydrogen Mechanism connects potential buyers in [...]
diciembre 2025
Re-mining, SCIMIN-CRM & the Iberian Pyrite Belt
Across the Iberian Pyrite Belt in southwestern Spain—one of the world’s greatest massive sulfide regions—centuries of mining have left behind mountains of waste whose true size was, until now, more guesswork than fact. In their study, published in Waste Management Bulletin (Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2025), Juan Antonio Ramírez-Pérez (Department of Integrated Sciences, Center for Natural [...]
noviembre 2025
Consultation on New ERA Act to Boost Research Integration and Competitiveness
The European Commission has opened a Call for Evidence on a forthcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act, a legislative initiative aimed at transforming the EU’s research and innovation landscape into a more integrated, competitive, and resilient system. The initiative, led by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD.A2), is scheduled for adoption in the third quarter [...]
octubre 2025
SCIMIN-CRM Consortium Holds Its Annual Review Meeting at IGME
The Spanish Geological and Mining Institute (IGME) hosted the consortium meeting of the SCIMIN-CRM project (Sustainable & Circular Production of Mineral Critical Raw Materials), led by the National Association of Aggregates Manufacturers (ANEFA) and funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe program (101177746). This meeting served to review the first year of the project’s [...]
agosto 2025
Turning Mining Waste Into Critical Resources: U.S. Study and EU Project Point the Way
Mining waste, once seen as useless residue, is now emerging as a strategic resource. A new study published in Science and a European Commission–backed initiative both highlight how recovering valuable by-products from mines could reshape global supply chains of critical raw materials. Researchers led by Elizabeth Holley (National Science Foundation) analyzed geochemical data from U.S. metal [...]