febrero 2026
SCIMIN-CRM Project at PDAC
The European Commission continues to reinforce its commitment to a secure, sustainable, and competitive supply of critical raw materials by supporting research and innovation projects under the Horizon Europe programme. Within this strategic framework, the SCIMIN-CRM project represents a key contribution to advancing circular and resource-efficient solutions for the European mining and raw materials sector. Funded by the European [...]
European Union, United States, and Japan strengthen cooperation on critical minerals
The European Union, the United States, and Japan met on 4 February in Washington, DC, for a Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting, with the participation of several EU Member States. The meeting highlighted the shared commitment of the three partners to strengthen economic and national security through more resilient critical minerals supply chains. In this context, the European [...]
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 [...]