Raw Materials Week 2019

It was a good opportunity for the raw materials community to discuss and exchange on all relevant issues. 

The main event of the week was the 7th annual High-level Conference of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on raw materials. It reported on the continuing work on the EU Masterplan for a competitive transformation of energy intensive industries. Which, in turn, facilitates a climate-neutral, circular economy (also implying resource security for strategic industrial value chains), as well as supply chain transparency. The week also focused on critical raw materials, updating participants on the latest activities at European and international level, all with the publication of the next list of critical raw materials in mind. Other topics addressed included 

• innovation and skills for raw materials
• Horizon 2020 technology success stories
• the EU raw materials knowledge base
• forest-based industries 

Raw Materials Week centred around the following series of events addressing the latest news on raw materials in the EU.

18 November

• 3rd EU critical raw materials event (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)
• Horizon 2020 technology success stories (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)
• EU forest-based Industries: the track to 2050 (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)

19 November

• 9th trilateral EU-US-Japan conference on critical raw materials  - by invitation only
• Innovation, new technology trends and skills for raw materials (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)

20 November

• 7th Annual High-Level Conference of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on raw materials (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)
• EU Cooperation on extractives: promoting transparency, due diligence, responsibility, inclusiveness, efficiency (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)

21 November

• Raw materials meeting societal needs (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)
• 3rd EU raw materials knowledge base event (see programme, presentations, summary and photos of the event)

Detailed programme
All photos from Raw Materials Week 2019
Raw Materials Week 2019 video

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

• 18 November
  • EUMICON dinner debate, European Parliament
• 21 November
  • Sustainability assessment workshop – How can we determine the (beneficial?) impact of innovative technologies to recover resources?
• 22 November
  • Sustainability from a service perspective workshop
  • Circular economy incentives workshop
  • Global research consortium on tailings – Consultation workshop
  • Final event of the ORAMA project - Next steps in improving European RM data
  • Public acceptance and social impact of mining and minerals recycling
  • MinLand final conference