EU aims for self-sufficiency in important minerals, focusing on gallium production in Greece.
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The European Union (EU) is taking steps to produce more of its own important minerals. This comes as the EU wants to rely less on China for these materials.
Stéphane Séjourné, an important EU official, recently visited a Greek aluminum plant. This plant will soon start producing gallium, a metal used in many high-tech products.
This Greek project is one of many that the EU is supporting to boost its own supply of key minerals. The demand for these minerals, used in things like electric vehicles and advanced technology, is increasing rapidly.
The EU has realized that relying too much on other countries for these materials can be risky. Events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have highlighted this vulnerability.
The EU aims to avoid replacing its dependence on fossil fuels with a dependence on critical raw materials. The goal is to ensure that essential resources, like lithium, do not become a point of control for any single country.
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Why is the EU producing more of its own minerals?
The EU wants to rely less on China for these materials.
What metal will the Greek aluminum plant produce?
The plant will soon start producing gallium.
What is the EU's goal regarding critical raw materials?
The goal is to ensure that essential resources do not become a point of control for any single country.
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