Eur opean Miner als D a y 2 0 1 9 E v ery two y ears E ur opean Minerals Da y allows the E ur o pean public to explor e the world of minerals and its c om panies It is a panE ur opean awar eness initiativ e by the E ur opean minerals sector and r elated org anisations E v ents marking the 7th E ur opean Minerals Da y took plac e between Ma y and No v ember of 2019 with most activities c onc entrated between 20 22 September During this pe riod 128 ev ents at 109 sites took plac e acr oss 22 c oun tries Between 10 000 and 15 000 visitors eng aged with the initiativ e In 2019 a significant number of visitors wer e childr en Minerals exhibitions in museums as well as sus tainable mining c onfer enc es in univ ersities wer e hosted The E ur opean Minerals Da y s closing ev ent took plac e on 21 No v ember during E ur ope s R aw Materials W eek E ur omines and its members activ ely participated in wel c oming man y visitors Table of Contents page 16 of 35 Securing E uro pean S u ppl y Chains