Raw Materials, Metals, Minerals & Forest-based Industries

  • More than 3( million jobs in EU
  • 299 million ton of steel produced in 2018 in EU
  • 2018 production in EU: - 3,9 % 
Among the objectives of the EU is to ensure a sufficient supply of raw materials such as metals, minerals and materials of forest origin.
The European economy requires adequate fueling of its industries to support growth and competitiveness.

At least 30 million people are employed in European industry and hundreds of billions of euros produced by key economic sectors.
Automotive, aerospace, rail transport, renewable energy, computers, smartphones, etc.  depend on a sustainable supply of raw materials.
For this reasons, the EU has adopted strategies to support this value chain, launching a wide range of specific programs and actions.

Critical Raw Materials

Check-out how EU promotes the sustainable competitiveness of European aeronautics industries and the european Policy Initiatives.

Metals

Find out the EU Action Plan for steel and all EU funds and policy instruments mobilised by the European Commission

Minerals

How to protect European producers of civil aircraft when other countries pay subsides to their producers? EU defends and represents the european aeronautics industry in dispute settlements at the WT. 

Forest-based Industries

The European Aeronautics Industry developed a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, providing a guide to public and private RDI programmes. EU finance part of the these programmes through Horizon 2020, Clean Sky and SESAR.