Northvolt’s Battery Breakthrough and Europe’s Ambitious Shift Away from Lithium Dependency
Currently, nearly all batteries require metals like lithium and cobalt. Problem: Europe doesn’t have a lot of these minerals, and has to rely on places...
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Secondary raw materials from old landfills in West Balkans as environment projects and supply for EU mining processing industry
Conducting an in-depth analysis of secondary raw materials from old landfills in the Western Balkans, as both environmental projects and a supply source for high-tech...
EU Horizon-funded projects on CRMs and its importance for European tech industry
Horizon-funded projects on CRMs and mining are pivotal in addressing the complex challenges of securing sustainable and responsible access to these essential materials. These projects...
Serbia could become a EU destination for CRMs tech industry and mining processing
Evaluating Serbia’s potential to become a key European Union (EU) destination for Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) technology industry and mining processing requires considering several aspects:...
Volkswagen Announces Gigafactory Construction in Sagunt, Spai
Volkswagen plans to build a battery factory in Sagunt, Spain, with an initial investment of more than €3 billion, which could rise to up to...
REEsilience: EU Project Strengthening the Rare Earth Supply Chain
The new EU project REEsilience focuses on the supply chain for rare-earth-based magnetic materials in Europe. These magnets are crucial in building wind turbines, sensors,...
A Decade of Research, Innovation, and Collaboration: The Graphene Flagship and the 2D Materials Community
The Graphene Flagship was funded to ensure that Europe would maintain its lead in graphene research and innovation following the scientific breakthrough of graphene’s isolation...
M4Mining Project: Enhancing the Sustainability of Critical Raw Materials Mining
A groundbreaking EU Horizon Europe-funded project called m4mining will pioneer cutting-edge Earth Observation (EO) technologies to improve sustainability in mining critical raw materials. Mining is...
Project BATRAW: Recovering Raw Materials from Electric Vehicle (EV) Batteries
The Horizon Europe funded BATRAW project has been launched to create new raw material processing from used electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The four-year project, which...
Europe’s Lag in the Electric Vehicle (EV) Materials Race
European carmakers are facing a significant shortage of vital raw materials required for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, potentially hindering their efforts to meet ambitious 2030...