The rapid spread of the Coronavirus has created alarming health concerns across the globe, but it has also led to serious economic issues. The global crisis brings security supply of key value chains to the forefront of our attention as a sector. The European mineral raw materials industry plays a critical role in ensuring the manufacturing of medical devices in Europe.

As the recognized representative of the European metals and minerals mining industry covering more than 42 different metals and minerals and employing 350.000 directly and about four times as many indirectly, Euromines welcomes a European Green Deal to put Europe on the right track to a sustainable future and ensure that no one is left behind and is prepared to take all the necessary measures to make Europe the world's first climate neutral continent.

The European mineral raw materials industry enabling the UN Sustainable Development Goals leaflet is now available to download.

More than 40 experts - representing policy makers, academic and sustainability assessment communities, sustainability managers and practitioners and the primary production sector - met this week for the Final Conference of the SUPRIM Project in Brussels.