Raw Materials Week 2018

The third edition of the Raw Materials Week took place in Brussels from 12 - 16 November 2018. It was a good 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 was centred around a series of events addressing the latest news on raw materials in the EU.

12 November

• Critical Raw Materials in our everyday life (see programme, presentations and photos of the event)
• Copernicus for Raw Materials (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)

13 November

• EIT RawMaterials – Developing raw materials into a major strength for Europe (see programme, presentations and photos of the event)
• Responsible Supply of Raw Materials (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)
• H2020 Raw Materials Info Day and Brokerage Event (see programme, presentations, summary, leaflet with various H2020 relevant topics and photos of the event)

14 November

• 6th Annual High-Level Conference of the EIP on raw materials (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)

15 November

• Drivers and Solutions for Integrating Information in the EU Raw Materials Knowledge Base (see programme, presentations and photos of the event)
• How to reconcile the needs of the extractive industries with the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)
• Forest-Based Industries 2050 (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)
• EU-Canada Raw Materials Stakeholders Forum (see programme and presentations)

16 November

• Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Raw Materials Dialogue (see programme)
• UN Framework Classification for Sustainable Resources Management in Europe (see programme, presentations and photos of the event)

All photos from Raw Materials Week 2018

Other stakeholders were invited to organise satellite events. The following satellite events were organised in Brussels during Raw Materials Week by external stakeholders:

• 12 November
  • SPIRE projects on the utilisation of CO2 and CO
  • Raw Materials Industrial Workshop: 'Raw Materials in the core of EU Industrial Value Chains'
• 15 November
  • Sustainable & Critical: Natural rubber and its future
• 16 November
  • Education project SusCritMat – Sustainable Management of Critical Raw Materials
  • Standardization and Certification of new Construction products involving C&D waste recycled materials
  • HISER final conference: Advances in Recycling and Recovery of Raw Materials from C&D Waste
• 20 November
  • Building a New World. Made in Europe

More information

Raw materials web page