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Resource Efficiency
Euromines Position on Resource-Efficiency
The mining industry welcomes the issuing of the EU’s recent Communication on Resource-Efficiency, which is proposed as a long-term framework for actions in many EU policy areas, including climate change, energy, transport, industry, raw materials, agriculture, biodiversity and regional development. In September, the European Commission will propose its “Roadmap” to a Resource-Efficient Economy. The European mining industry is keen to inform the process by assisting EU decision-makers in understanding global minerals markets and investment decisions. Our aim is to contribute to stakeholders' understanding of the resource efficiency agenda; linking to the information provided so far by the European Commission, academia, think-tanks, trade associations and mining companies.
The attached document outlines the views of Euromines members and some expectations as to what the Roadmap should deliver for the EU.
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Did you know?
Our demand for resources is increasing ever faster, with 200,000 people per day currently joining the global population, and 2 billion middle income earners in 'developing countries' on a trajectory to triple their consumption by 2020.
Today in the EU, we use 16 tonnes of materials per person each year, of which 6 tonnes are wasted, with half going to landfill.