Critical Raw Materials Act

The “Green Transition” and its Costs for the Balkans

From Leonel / 08.04.2025 Comments Disabled

Resisting Authoritarian Extractivism in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia The EU's transition to a green economy relies on raw materials such as lithium, crucial for the automobile industry. These resources are often […]

Lunch-Talk: Rohstoffe für die Mobilität. Warum eine Rohstoffwende dringlich ist!

From Leonel / 26.03.2025 Comments Disabled

Ein Großteil der in Deutschland genutzten Metalle geht in den Automobilsektor. Gleichzeitig gehen mit dem Abbau der Rohstoffe massive Menschenrechtsverletzungen einher. Welche Risiken existieren (auch abseits von Kobalt und Lithium) […]

PowerShift kritisiert EU-Kommission: Mangelnde Mitbestimmung und Intransparenz bei Rohstoffprojekten

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PowerShift kritisiert EU-Kommission: Mangelnde Mitbestimmung und Intransparenz bei Rohstoffprojekten

From Adrian Bornmann / 25.03.2025 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 25.03.: Die Umweltorganisation PowerShift kritisiert die heute von der EU-Kommission veröffentlichte Liste strategischer Projekte im Rahmen des 2024 verabschiedeten Critical Raw Materials Acts (Gesetz zu Kritischen Rohstoffen). Diese Projekte...

Digging Deeper into the EU’s Strategic Projects: Implementation of the Regulation

From Leonel / 05.12.2024 Comments Disabled

This panel delves into the EU’s Strategic Projects framework under the CRMR, examining its environmental, social, and systemic implications, with a particular focus on mining and raw materials extraction, and […]

Nickel: Grüner Schein, dreckige Realität

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Nickel: Grüner Schein, dreckige Realität

From Vanessa Fischer / 03.12.2024 Comments Disabled

Nickel ist eines der Schlüsselmetalle für die grüne Transformation. Schon heute kommt das Metall in Alltagsbatterien und der Stahlveredelung zum Einsatz. Mit der steigenden Nachfrage nach Batterierohstoffen für die Elektromobilität […]

Sustainable Resource Management for a Resilient Europe

From Leonel / 24.11.2024 Comments Disabled

The EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) aims to address the supply gap for critical raw materials (CRMs) that are needed for various (industrial) applications, mainly in the sectors of [...]

Extraction of raw materials and EU trade policy

From Leonel / 22.10.2024 Comments Disabled

Presentation and discussion with Bettina Müller, speaker, PowerShift e.V., Berlin The EU needs raw materials to make its economy and society “climate neutral”. But they don't have the raw materials they need, or [...]

Metals trading – The blind spot in the supply chain

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Metals trading – The blind spot in the supply chain

From Vanessa Fischer / 29.08.2024 Comments Disabled

The publication shows that commodity traders operate at many points in the supply chain and are thus important links for transparency, traceability and enforcement of standards. So far, however, they have shown this outstanding importance...

Online event "Raw materials at all costs? Globally just raw materials policy now!”

From Leonel / 28.08.2024 Comments Disabled

As one of the world's five largest consumers of raw materials, Germany is highly dependent on imports from abroad. The problem: Their entire life cycle causes negative consequences for people, [...]

International Perspectives on Raw Materials Reduction in Europe and Germany

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International Perspectives on Raw Materials Reduction in Europe and Germany

From Michael Reckordt / 21.08.2024 Comments Disabled

The global North consumes too many raw materials. This is highlighted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in its Global Resources Outlook 2024 (March 2024). In particular, countries such as Germany are called upon ‘to [...]