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Joint paper for an EU Directive on Sustainable Resource Management

There is a crucial gap in current EU laws: Resource overconsumption is not being addressed although it is predicted to continue to rise, underscoring the imperative for a new, binding law with science-based and overarching resource use reduction targets. We are launching a collective call for an EU Directive on Sustainable Resource Management together with …

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Final EU laws on raw materials will increase mining and fail to deliver justice

Update 18th March 2024: the Council of the EU gave its final approval on the Critical Raw Materials Act, meaning the Regulation is adopted and will be published in the Official Journal of the EU, entering into force on the twentieth day following this.Today, after several weeks of negotiations between the European Commission, the European …

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New changes to Raw Materials laws still give way to EU’s extraction worldwide

Today, the European Parliament voted on the Critical Raw Materials Act, the Regulation proposed by the European Commission in March 2023. There were high hopes for MEPs to make significant improvements to the file, and a big win was achieved with binding recognition of Indigenous peoples rights. However overall, the adopted changes maintain a narrow …

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How industry is forging the EU Critical Raw Materials Act

In March 2023, the European Commission published its proposal for a Regulation on Critical Raw Materials (‘CRMA’). Our new report exposes the concerning extent to which the Commission’s proposal grants the lobbying wish-list of the mining industry and metals- and minerals-using industries. Our main findings: Mining companies, metals- and minerals-using companies and their lobby groups …

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