Unlocking Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) in Europe: From CRMA Targets to Industrial Delivery (Policy Brief)
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Institute for Energy Technology
Description
This policy brief builds on the policy paper “Unlocking Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) in Europe: Bottlenecks, Challenges, and Prospective Priorities” (2026) and draws on a structured stakeholder survey conducted ahead of the Raw Materials Week 2025 side event “Crossroads of Innovation: Shared Challenges and Joint Solutions in Raw Materials.”
Respondents represent a broad cross-section of the European CRM ecosystem, including mining and industrial companies, research organisations, universities, SMEs, civil society representatives, a think tank, and consultancies.
The brief identifies key bottlenecks to scale-up — including financing gaps for pilot and first-of-a-kind plants, regulatory fragmentation, permitting complexity, and social acceptance challenges — and, more importantly, sets out priority recommendations to accelerate industrial deployment and strengthen Europe’s CRM value chains.
The full analysis underpinning these findings is available in the accompanying policy paper.
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Related works
- Is supplement to
- Report: 10.5281/zenodo.19886514 (DOI)
Funding
- European Commission
- REESOURCE - UNLOCKING THE SUPPLY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN EUROPE THROUGH RESPONSIBLE, SUSTAINABLE AND DECARBONISED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES 101138460
- European Commission
- REMHub - Rare earth and magnets hub for a resilient Europe 101177493
- European Commission
- START - SUSTAINABLE ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS BASED ON INNOVATIVE MINE WASTE RECYCLING 101058632
- European Commission
- REEPRODUCE - Dismantling and recycling Rare Earth Elements from End-of-life products for the European Green Transition 101057733
- European Commission
- REPTiS - REPTiS: Responsible Extraction and Processing of Titanium and other Primary Raw Materials for Sourcing EU Industrial Value Chains and Strategic Sectors 101177704
- European Commission
- SUPREEMO - SUstainable EuroPean Rare Earth Elements production value chain from priMary Ores 101138353
- European Commission
- RESQTOOL - Recycling of High Quality CRM Resources from Machining Tools for Re-use Applications 101138144
- European Commission
- PERSEPHONE - Autonomous Exploration and Extraction of Deep Mineral Deposits 101138451
- European Commission
- AVANTIS - Sustainable, decarbonised vanadium, titanium and iron extraction from Europe's low-grade vanadium-bearing titanomagnetite deposits 101137552
- European Commission
- BLOOM - LIBERATION ANALYSIS FOR OPTIMIZING EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING OF CRMS 101177962
- European Commission
- PERMANET - PERmanent MAgnet Network for the European Transition 101178444
Dates
- Issued
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2026-04-27
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2026-04-27This version includes minor edits and formatting improvements.