The world forces are trying to progress in the racing of minerals needed to produce new technologies such as Microsips, Solar Panels and Electric Cars.
Donald Trump, president of the United States, has prompted military forces to increase US production and think about the use of economic and military forces Diplomatic To access the mineral wealth of Canada, Greenland and Ukraine.
China uses its half -cleansing market half -momonopoli Lift About his geopolitical political competitors.
Where is the European Union on this new battlefield between the world’s powers?
According to the EU administrator, the demand for some components will be shot in the next decade. For example, the need for lithium, which is essential to produce batteries for electric vehicles, is twelve times more than 2030, and from here until 2050, nothing and twenty times more.
The great dependence of the European Union of the Third Countries for some products can affect it. For example, Europe depends on China, 100% of the heavy elements of rare earth, and Turkey is its Poro and 99% of South Africa’s distribution of 71%.
China is already Has stopped export From some minerals to the European Union; Among them, the basics of various fields, from space to semiconductors.
What is the law of basic raw materials?
This volume promised the basic raw materials (recognized in March last year) to avoid interruptions in its mineral distribution chains.
Its purpose is to reduce impacts and exploit more minerals on the European soil, while searching for contact with resources in resources: 14 contracts have already been signed; Among them, with Serbia, Australia, Greenland, Chile and the Democratic Republic.
This law lists 34 items that are considered “base”, of which 17 have priority to “strategy”; Among them are lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, copper and rare earth elements.
The European Union has 10% extracting, replacing 40%, and its annual strategic raw materials from here are 25% recycling up to 2030.
“Recycling raw materials in the land, urban mining is an attractive way to Europe,” said Edorto Ricketi, a researcher of Think Tank Seeps, “because we have a relatively limited capacity and possibilities to extract.”
«But, for most of these materials, recycling rates are relatively lower. We still have enough technologies that have reached the end of their useful life, ”he continued. In addition, there are other structural problems such as recycling cost, poorly developed collection systems or useless collection systems. “
EU administrator tries to deal with obstacles by reducing the administrative burden of companies; For example, ease of access to financial support and establish short rules for providing permission, extract 27 months and 15 months for change and recycling.
Can local community -environmental concerns stop projects?
The Commission has selected 47 “strategic” projects in 13 member states, which are the first of the widespread projects to extract, enrich and recycle more raw materials across the country.
AdvertisementAccording to the administrator, the purpose is to guarantee the “safe and stable” distribution of these important items while increasing Europe’s own resources.
However, rural communities throughout Europe may face challenges.
Plans to extract Lithium in Portugal have already occurred A strong resistanceResidents and environmental volunteers. The environmental damage and life disorders of the residents of the affected communities are mentioned.
In Serbia, the country’s candidate for the EU, the same opposition has emerged. There, last summer demonstrations erupted in plans to open the largest mining lithium exploitation in the rich Jadar Valley in Europe, and the European Union was announced a few weeks after the Serbian government.
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The rules of the game are constantly changing as Donald Trump accepts an increasingly aggressive approach to racing for minerals.
The US president has aggressively demanded that Washington’s military support to approach Ukraine’s mineral wealth, threatened to combine its neighbors Canada, and wants to “buy” Greenland to control its raw materials.
«The Eu Has a Memorandum of Understanding (on Raw Materials) Signed with Ukraine Military Support to Date, As the White House Is For Looks for Would BE OBTAINED, Particular Open Access Euronews Energy and Environment for Reporter.
In addition, similar moral puzzles are raised when signing similar contracts with areas affected by the EU conflicts, in which the benefits of mineral trade are used to fund mineral trade groups and to feed human rights violations.
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In February, the social administrator announced that his contract was “reviewed” after the M3 rebels supported by the Rwanda were done with the control of the RTC’s eastern territory. International condemnation.
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