Publications

Critical Raw Materials Act

Critical Raw Materials are indispensable for the EU economy and a wide set of necessary technologies for strategic sectors such as renewable energy, digital, space and defence. On March 16 the EC made public the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRM Act), who will ensure EU access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, enabling Europe to meet its 2030 climate and digital objectives. 

ERA-MIN has contributed to the drafting of this proposal for regulation and you may find the Factsheet, full version and annexes in the following publication

ERA-MIN Poster

"ERA-MIN: A decade since the inception of the EU led effort to support the international raw materials research community" is a poster, to be presented at the 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, that summarizes the results and outcomes of the ERA-MIN programme sice its creation a decade ago.

Regulation concerning batteries and waste batteries

The Commission proposed a new Batteries Regulation (with Annexes) on 10 December 2020. This Regulation aims to ensure that batteries placed in the EU market are sustainable and safe throughout their entire life cycle.

ECERA white paper on Digital Circular Economy

The European Circular Economy Research Alliance (ECERA) recently published a white paper on the digital circular economy  in the run-up to the 2020 edition of the G-STIC conference.

In this white paper ECERA aims to strengthen the link between the digital and circular expert communities, and, as a first critical step, provide a common vocabulary.  

EU research results on Mineral Extraction

The document Results Pack on mineral extraction A thematic collection of innovative EU-funded research results:Securing access to raw materials at minimum environmental and social costs, published by CORDIS on October 2020, gives access in its 16 pages to the research results of Horizon 2020 research and innovation projects. Project websites are included in the catalogue, allowing for readers to search for additional information.

The state-of-the-art minerals extraction technologies developed by these projects will reinforce the competitiveness of the EU industry and reduce negative environmental and health and safety impacts and risks. Contributing towards meeting ambitious energy and climate targets, the projects featured in this CORDIS Results Pack will help to gain the trust of EU citizens in the mining sector.

Additionally, securing sustainable access to raw materials, such as metals and industrial minerals, is crucial to achieving the objectives of The European Green Deal

 

ERA-MIN 2 Poster 2019

ERA-MIN 2 poster showcases an overview of the ERA-MIN 2 project including information about its main objectives, the statistics of the calls launched under ERA-MIN 2 and the consortium composition. As well the poster included the recent call launched on 28 November 2019 with the topics eligible for funding.

The poster was presented during the Raw Materials Week 2019 held in Brussels from 18th to 22th November 2019.

Report on Critical Raw Materials and the Circular Economy

This report is now available on the EU bookshop following this link.

Raw Materials Scoreboard 2018

The new 2018 edition of the Raw Materials Scoreboard, a joint publication of the DG GROW and the JRC, is available on the EU bookshop on this link.

Investigation of Liquid Crystal Displays as a Source of Indium

The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has published the EPA Research Report Number 201:  Investigation of Liquid Crystal Displays as a Source of Indium.The objectives of the research were to investigate and explore the potential for indium recovery from liquid crystal displays (LCDs). More information is available here.

ERA-MIN Project Catalogue

The ERA-MIN Project Catalogue presents the abstracts of transnational projects funded by the national funding agencies under the 2013, 2014 and 2015 ERA-MIN joint calls.