Austria will take over the Council Presidency within the European Union in the second half-year 2018. The national and international reflections focuses espacially on the economic roadmap. Mineral raw materials are not only the basis for the extractive industries, but also for every modern life. Digitalisation, intelligent materials and new technologies generate new opportunities for the extractive industries, but also for a sustainable development of the society. Following this background the European Raw Materials Initiative EUMICON, in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy organise an international raw material conference in Vienna, in Autumn 2018.