China’s dominance in processed raw materials highlights a structural limitation in the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): the policy covers selected industrial goods but leaves many strategically important
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Indonesia’s rapid expansion in nickel processing highlights the limits of the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in balancing industrial decarbonisation with critical-mineral security. Export restrictions and industrial policies
Europe’s ferroalloy suppliers in Türkiye, Kazakhstan, South Africa and the Western Balkans face growing pressure to demonstrate competitive carbon performance under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Alongside ore
Neo Performance Materials has been selected for up to €126 million in European Union Innovation Fund support for an expansion of rare-earth processing and permanent-magnet manufacturing in Estonia, advancing efforts
Europe has identified the critical mineral projects it wants to develop, but turning strategic priorities into commercially viable businesses remains a major challenge. The EU Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA)
Indonesia has expanded its nickel-processing industry through export restrictions and industrial policy, attracting investment in ferronickel, nickel pig iron, nickel matte and battery intermediates. Much of this capacity relies on
Producers in Türkiye, Kazakhstan, South Africa and the Western Balkans face new competitive requirements as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) adds installation-level emissions accounting and verification to existing
Neo Performance Materials has been selected for up to €126 million in European Union Innovation Fund support for an expansion of rare-earth processing and permanent-magnet manufacturing in Estonia. The proposed
Blencowe Resources has received the full €4.45 million development grant from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for its Orom-Cross graphite project in Uganda, completing the programme that funded
China remains a leading supplier of strategic processed minerals to the European Union, but the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) applies unevenly across the materials underpinning industrial production. While

