For Europe to remain economically successful and globally competitive, while becoming increasingly resilient to external geopolitical factors, it must stimulate a responsible raw materials sector by establishing sustainable, competitive value chains of raw materials and advanced materials and building up robust secondary raw materials capacities through recycling for the circular economy.
Could your research support an amazing business idea? Apply to the Lab2Market programme to bring your scientific research from lab to market!
EIT RawMaterials and Eramet are delighted to reveal the start-ups selected for the final of the Open Innovation Challenge on occupational safety in the mining and metals sector.
The EIT Circular Economy Community has launched the EIT Circular Economy Prize to award start-ups with groundbreaking solutions related to the circular economy.
The annual Call for Innovation & Education Projects is an opportunity for innovators to maximise the recognition of their disruptive ideas among leading players within Europe's raw materials sector. EIT RawMaterials is seeking solutions from potential candidates to contribute to shaping a strong, sustainable raw materials sector in Europe.
A new focus of this year’s EIT HEI call will be on training tech talents in higher education.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture has set a challenge to find ways to transport grain long distances to mitigate their dependency on export by sea through ports affected by the Russian invasion.
Girls Go Circular, which aims to close the gender gap in STEM across Europe and is led by EIT RawMaterials, is set to expand. The European Commission has pledged to scale up the scheme between now and 2027. The announcement was made at the Women and Girls in STEM Forum 2022.
Apply for the new EIT RawMaterials course, Social License to Operate (SLO) in the Raw Materials Sector: Multi-Stakeholders’ Perspectives and European Approach. SLO is a critically important issue for a responsible mining industry. The deadline is 28 November 2022.
EIT RawMaterials CEO Bernd Schäfer spoke of the urgency of regaining raw materials supply security at the recent Conference on Raw Materials Security of Europe, an official part of the 2022 Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU.
