News
27th of February 2017
STRADE publishes policy brief on EU raw material import flows
STRADE's policy brief 02/2017 analyses the European import flows of metals in various processing states and the connections with specific environmental and socio-economic issues in resource-rich countries.
27th of February 2017
STRADE publishes policy brief on minerals and metals from non-EU countries
STRADE's policy brief 01/2017 examines the role and responsibility of European institutions to positively influence the environmental and social conditions of raw materials production in non-EU countries.
30th of December 2016
STRADE publishes policy brief on voluntary initiatives, principles and criteria on socio-economic sustainability in mining
STRADE's policy brief 09/2016 reviews socio-economic principles and criteria in voluntary and legally non-binding initiatives with particular relevance for the ore mining sector.
European Commission published the presentations of the EU-U.S. Expert Workshop on Raw Material Flows & Data
15th of October 2012 by Stefanie Degreif
In the framework of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC), a successful expert workshop was held between the EU and the U.S. on raw material flows and data on 12 and 13 September 2012 in Brussels. The workshop discussed how the European Union and the United States will explore steps to create a joint raw materials data inventory and other means to share raw materials data in the context of current policies on both sides to enable reliable and diverse raw materials supplies.
Please find the presentations held on the EU-U.S. Expert Workshop on Raw Material Flows & Data on the Webpage http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/raw-materials/documents/index_en.htm
Our colleague Georg Mehlhart gave the presentation “Better tracking of materials in waste – European Environmental law and raw material policies”. You can find the presentation here as well.