EU Commission unveils 13 targets for overseas raw materials projects

Published on 04/06/2025 - 14:36 GMT+2

The European Commission announced nan action of 13 projects focused connected captious earthy materials successful countries extracurricular nan EU connected Wednesday.

The move is portion of nan implementation of nan Critical Raw Materials Act, an EU rule that came into unit successful May 2024, aimed astatine diversifying nan sources of earthy worldly extraction.

The projects purpose to trim dependency connected azygous suppliers, specified arsenic China and nan US.

They besides activity to heighten wide economical information amid geopolitical events, including commercialized tensions betwixt nan EU and China and nan tariffs connected alloy and aluminium imposed by US President Donald Trump.

The Commission wants to create 60 specified projects earlier 2030, pinch nan extremity of strengthening nan bloc’s business competitiveness, peculiarly successful sectors specified arsenic electrical mobility, renewable energy, defence, and aerospace.

"Today’s database of 13 Strategic Projects crossed nan world will thief to trim Europe’s dependencies, lend to our economical information while creating growth, jobs and export opportunities successful nan countries concerned," EU Commissioner for business strategy Stéphane Séjourné said during nan announcement.

The projects

These initiatives attraction connected some extraction and processing of cardinal resources.

Graphite proviso is being precocious done projects successful Ukraine, Norway, Greenland, Madagascar, and Kazakhstan, while nickel and cobalt accumulation is being addressed successful Canada, Brazil, and Zambia.

The Jadar task successful Serbia targets lithium and boron, and uncommon world elements are being originated from initiatives successful Malawi and South Africa.

Additional efforts see copper extraction successful Norway, tungsten mining successful nan United Kingdom, and nickel processing successful New Caledonia.