Open AccessOp-Ed
Author(s) -
Alberto Vázquez Ruiz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
commodity frontiers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-2448
pISSN - 2667-243X
DOI - 10.18174/cf.2020a17975
Subject(s) - alliance , european commission , european union , raw material , political science , business , international trade , law , chemistry , organic chemistry
On 29 September 2020, the European Commission officially launched the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA), a publicly supported “industrial alliance dedicated to securing a sustainable supply of raw materials in Europe”. The announcement amounts to the firing of a starting pistol for a publicly funded race to explore and extract mineral deposits outside the European Union and especially withinits borders.