EIC Accelerator Challenge: Boosting the European Critical Raw Materials value chain
Supports securing the European critical raw materials value chain across extraction, processing, and strategic substitution.
The EIC Accelerator Challenge on Boosting the European Critical Raw Materials Value Chain is one of five thematic challenges within the 2026 EIC Accelerator programme, backed by a €44 million budget. Its mandate is to secure the sustainable supply of primary and secondary critical and strategic raw materials for EU industrial value chains — covering extraction, processing, recycling, and substitut…
Securing supply of sustainably produced primary and secondary critical and strategic raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors; strengthen the EU mining value chain.
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