The Miner al Ra w Mat erial Industr y s Contribution t o Ac hieving Car bon N eutr alit y G o als The E ur opean C ommission s strategic longterm vision A Clean Planet for all as published on 28 No v ember 2018 outlines E ur ope s transition towards a climateneutral ec onom y by 2050 in line with the objectiv es of the Par is Agr eement In this c ontext it in vited all EU institutions businesses and the entir e E ur opean society to join for c es for a sustainable climateneutral ec onom y The E ur opean C ommission underlined the importanc e of c ontinuing E ur opean exploration and extraction R aw materials ar e indispensable enablers for carbonneutral solutions in all sectors of the ec onom y Giv en the scale of f ast gr owing material demand primary raw materials will c ontinue to pr o vide a large part of the demand The E ur opean mineral raw material industry pla ys a critical r ole in underpinning ec onomic gr owth and r eaching a low carbon sustainable ec onom y The dev elopment of mineral r esour c es is a pillar for man y national ec onomies in terms of c ontribution to gr oss domestic pr oduct for eign dir ect in v est ment tax and r o yalty r ev enues as well as other go v ernmental r ev enues Modern extraction and pr oc essing of minerals and metals has br ought huge benefits to society while r educing pr essur es on the en vir onment addr essing gr eenhouse g as emissions tackling pollution minimising waste and impr o v ing efficiency in the use of natural r esour c es E v en mor e the mineral industry will c ontinue to enable downstr eam sectors to put their own impr o v ements into practic e E ur omines il lustrated this by pr o viding best case practic es in its 2019 br o chur es Pr o viding Metals and Minerals for Carbon Neutrality and T he E ur opean MagnesiteMagnesia Industry enabler in the transition to a low carbon ec onom y The sect or s c ontribution t o mitig ating climat e chang e Mineral raw materials ar e indispensable enablers of car bonneutral solutions in a wide variety of ec onomic sec tors As the first segment of most value chains the min erals sector is a supplier of critical and essential materials and pr oducts and generates added value In r ec ent y ears the mineral raw materials industry has c ontinuously opti mised its pr oductivity and energy efficiency and is still im plementing new solutions toward further r educing energy c onsumption unit and r educing the carbonintensity of its operations wher ev er possible A v ailabilit y of Eur ope s RESOUR CES E ur ope still has rich mineral r esour c es which can be mined sustainably Standing at the beginning of most value chains the sector is a critical supplier of essential materials and pr oducts and ther efor e generates added value and gr owth thr ough em plo yment ec onomic gr owth dev el opment inno vation and generating trade Table of Contents page 15 of 35 Securing E uro pean S u ppl y Chains