S ust ainab le Mining f or S ust ainab le D ev elopment Conf er ence N o v ember 2 0 1 9 Br no Cz ec h R epub lic Mor e than 110 experts met in Brno Cz ech Republic to par ticipate in this International C onfer enc e on Sustainable Mining org anised by T ez ebni Unie Cz ech Mining Associ ation in c ooperation with E ur omines under the auspic es of the Ministry of Industry and T rade of the Cz ech Republic and the Cz ech Mining Authority Stak eholders r epr esenting industry policy mak ers and go v ernmental institutions r egional authorities NGOs the inno vation c ommunity and univ ersities discussed gr owing public and political urgency ar ound sustainability that has r esulted in wideranging and ambitious global policy mea sur es Policies discussed wer e amongst others the raw ma terials c ontributions to the UN Sustainable Dev elopment Goals the F ramework C on v ention on Climate Change including the Paris Agr eement as well as the E ur opean C ommission s strategic longterm vision for a pr osper ous modern c ompetitiv e and climateneutral ec onom y by 2050 laid down in its Clean Planet for All C ommunication published in No v ember 2018 as well as its updated Action plan for the Cir cular E c onom y C onfer enc e participants discussed existing and futur e c ontributions and solutions the raw materials sector can deliv er to achiev e these policy goals thr ough stateof theart technologies Table of Contents page 13 of 35 Securing E uro pean S u ppl y Chains