Meeting Europe’s Raw Materials Needs from Primary and Secondary Sources

Europe needs to significantly increase its domestic production of non-ferrous metals (NFMs) and energy metals by 2030 to meet its raw materials goals. The EU needs to open at least 10 new mines, 15 new processing facilities and 15 recycling facilities for key SRMs by 2030 (while no mine has opened in the past 15 years in the EU), and to finance 15 CRM-related projects in third countries through the Global Gateway.