Critical raw materials are essential for wind and solar installations, defence, as well as our phones and laptops. The demand for them will only rapidly increase, for there is no “climate neutrality” ahead without them. That is why Europe wants to revive its mining sector, in order to both meet its green targets and reduce its dependency on China and elsewhere.
This investigation sheds light on what lies beneath the EU’s ‘green mining’ ambitions, and offers a unique pan-European perspective on the continent’s quest for critical raw materials.
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