1 / 20

Conference on the new Greek Minerals Strategy Athens, 29 February 2012

Conference on the new Greek Minerals Strategy Athens, 29 February 2012. Maria Spiliopoulou-Kaparia Directorate for Enterprise and Industry Deputy Head of Unit G/3 Metals, Minerals, Raw Materials. -Turnover: 48 billion € -Employment: 280,000 -Sub-sectors: Construction minerals

lovey
Download Presentation

Conference on the new Greek Minerals Strategy Athens, 29 February 2012

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Conferenceon the new Greek Minerals StrategyAthens, 29 February 2012 Maria Spiliopoulou-Kaparia Directorate for Enterprise and Industry Deputy Head of Unit G/3 Metals, Minerals, Raw Materials

  2. -Turnover: 48 billion € -Employment: 280,000 -Sub-sectors: Construction minerals Industrial minerals Metallic ores Figures relate to 2008. Source: Eurostat The EU non-energy extractive industries

  3. Number of NEEI Enterprises in 2008 Source:Eurostat

  4. Construction Materials EU27 Courtesy H Wittmann, best practice report Eurostatlast up date 09/09/2010

  5. Industrial minerals EUSource: World Mining Data 2010

  6. Metal mining EUSource: World Mining Data 2010

  7. The EU Raw Materials Strategy • In its Communication of 2 February 2011 the Commission proposed a new integrated strategy which outlined actions in the area of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials. It further pursued and reinforced the 3 pillar-based approach of the Raw Materials Initiative: • - Ensure a fair and sustainable supply from global markets • - Foster sustainable supply of raw materials from EU sources • - Boost resource efficiency and promote recycling

  8. The main raw materials challenges • - Continued growth by emerging countries → pressure on demand for raw materials • - Demand also increasingly driven by new technologies • - EU highly dependent on imports of crucial raw materials which are increasingly affected by market distortions/ commodity market speculations

  9. -Still potential in Europe, but exploration and extraction face on-going increasing competition for different land uses and a highly regulated environment The main raw materials challenges

  10. Exploration Access to land Regulatory framework Availability of skills RTD and innovation Health and safety Sustainable supply in the EU

  11. Access to land • Clear and understandableminerals exploration and extractionauthorisation process contributing to the streamlining of the administrative process: • introduction of lead times • permit applications in parallel • one-stop-shop / parallel assessment

  12. Access to land • Promote the exchange of best practice in land use planning and administrative conditions for exploration and extraction: • Report published by European Commission (2010) • Guidelines promoting the compatibility of NEEI with Natura 2000 conservation goals (2010)

  13. Sustainable supply of raw materials: access to land • Commission proposes to assess with Member States the feasibility of establishing a mechanism to monitor actions by Member States in this area, in full respect of subsidiarity • -Development of a set of indicators

  14. RTD and innovation 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 One Geology Europe “Horizon 2020” Exploration,extraction,processing,recycling andsubstitution ProMine ExPerl ImpactMin EO-MINERS EuroGeoSource Data capture and analysis for Exploration. I²Mine ERA-MIN

  15. Innovation Partnership on raw materials (EIP RM) • Need for innovation along the entire value chain of raw materials • Commission prepared a proposal for an Innovation Partnership on raw materials within the Europe 2020 Innovation Union Flagship • This Partnership will target all non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials (metallic ones, industrial and construction minerals as well as natural rubber and wood).

  16. Key components - EIP RM • Key components of this Innovation Partnership • Technology-focused policy areas • Exploration, extraction, processing, recycling (WP1) • Substitution (WP2) • Non Technology policy areas • Improving Europe's raw materials regulatory framework, knowledge and infrastructure base, e.g. access to land. (WP3) • Promotion of excellence, resource efficiency and recycling, e.g. public procurement and private initiatives.(WP4) • International cooperation • Promoting appropriate international cooperation.May deal with different policy issues such as geology, research, trade and investment conditions. (WP5)

  17. Potential 2020 targets - EIP RM • Potential targets of the EIP RM • Standards and Statistics • Resources and Reserves (continental and marine) • 3-D-geological maps • dynamic modeling of trends – demand and supply • Economically viable resources – complete LCA • 10 innovative pilot activities • Demonstration pilot plants ► mining, processing, production, recycling and collecting • Substitutes for at least 3 applications of critical raw materials • Network of Research, Education and Training Centres on Sustainable Mining and Materials Management (M³) • Establishment of international raw materials dialogue

  18. Proposed next steps for the Partnership • -Nomination of the High Level Steering Group, the Sherpa group and the operational groups • -Strategic Implementation Plan finalised by the HLSG to be presented by Commission to EP and Council in 2013 • -Implementation of the SIP of the Partnership in 2013 • -Assessment of the state of progress of SIP at the end of 2014 to take into account the new 2014-2020 MFF

  19. Way forward • Need for reinforced cooperation with Member States (e.g. national raw materials strategies) • Increase the level of awareness and cooperation at international level

  20. Thank you for your attention • References • EU raw materials webpage: • http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/non_energy_extractive_industries/raw_materials.htm • Report on critical raw materials: • http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/raw-materials/critical/index_en.htm • Report on best practices in area of land use planning, permitting and geological knowledge: • http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/raw-materials/sustainable-supply/index_en.htm • Natura 2000 guidelines:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/management/docs/neei_report_el.pdf • Trade raw materials activity report 2009:http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2010/june/tradoc_146207.pdf • 2011 JRC report on critical metals and energy technologies: • http://setis.ec.europa.eu/newsroom/library/setis-presentations/jrc-report-on-critical-metals-in-strategic-energy-technologies

More Related