A network has been launched to address Europe’s dependence on ‘critical raw materials’ - economically important materials with unreliable supply chains.
The network, set up by the European Commission (EC) and announced yesterday in Brussels, will bring together manufacturers, engineers, scientists, academics, industry bodies and policy makers to identify and develop substitutes for 14 materials in total. The materials, which include magnesium and graphite, are important to the construction, automotive, aerospace, chemicals, and machinery industries, which…
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