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Critical Raw Material Alliance

CRM Alliance

The CRM Alliance has been created by industry to advocate the importance of critical raw materials (CRM) for the European economy and to promote a strong European CRM policy.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Circular Economy Act

27 Oct 2025

The Critical Raw Materials Alliance welcomes the objectives of the forthcoming Circular Economy Act (CEA) and its ambition to move away from the traditional one-way model of resource extraction, production, and disposal toward a genuinely circular economy. This initiative has the potential not only to drive sustainability but also to reinforce the Single Market and strengthen Europes resilience. However, for the CEA to be effective, it must be grounded in the realities of critical raw material (CRM) markets and supply chains. CRMs form the backbone of key industrial ecosystemsfrom clean energy and mobility to digital technologies and defence. The Critical Raw Materials Alliance highlights several key areas where targeted improvements are essential to accelerate the transition to a more circular and resilient economy: - Maximise recycling, while ensuring secure primary supply; - Recognise tailings and by-products as valuable sources; - Ground measures in economic reality; - Address green premium challenges; - Ensure policy coherence; - Upgrade infrastructure and logistics; - Expand R&D, innovation, and funding support; - Reject a one-size-fits-all approach; - Modernize and harmonize waste legislation.
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Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

30 Apr 2025 · CRM Act implementation, Steel and Metals Action Plan, Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act and implications for the CRM industry.

Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

30 Apr 2025 · Horizon, CRMA implementation, market realities and value chain approach.