Raw Materials Week 2017

“Following the success of the 1^st edition of the ‘Raw Materials Week‘, the 2^nd edition will take place in Brussels from Monday 6 to Friday 10 November 2017. It will be a great opportunity for the raw materials community to discuss and exchange on all relevant issues: policy, technology, international cooperation, framework conditions, etc….

The Raw Materials Week is centred around a series of events organised by the European Commission addressing the latest news regarding raw materials in the EU:

• 6 November: Copernicus for raw materials – cancelled
• 7 November:
  • EU advanced mining countries conference – Sustainable and responsible sourcing and mining – (registration opens soon)
  • Critical raw materials event – (registration opens soon)
• 8 November: ‘5^th annual high level conference of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on raw materials’ (see programme) – registration open
• 9 November:
  • Horizon 2020: societal challenge 5 infoday & and brokerage event
  • Reconciling biodiversity protection and extractive activities (see programme) – registration open
  • The EU Raw Materials Knowledge Base in support of EU raw materials policy (see programme) – registration open

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