A group of European manufacturers from the raw materials, clean technologies and aerospace and defence sectors published a letter on Monday 4 September calling on the European legislative bodies to include aluminium in the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA).
According to the signatory companies, demand for aluminium is set to increase in the coming years, and a disruption in supply could have major negative consequences for several industries. “As negotiations progress, we call on policymakers to formally recognise the strategic nature of aluminium”, write the signatory companies. This view is shared in particular by the EU Council, which added aluminium to its latest compromise on the text adopted at the end of June (see EUROPE 13213/8).
At the European Parliament, the report on access to critical raw materials is due to be voted on by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) on Thursday 7 September. MEPs recently agreed on compromise amendments that differ little from the Commission’s proposal (see EUROPE 13143/2) and the opinion of the rapporteur (see EUROPE 13183/7). Aluminium is not on the list of critical raw materials chosen by MEPs at this stage.
Link to the letter: https://aeur.eu/f/8g7 (Original version in French by Isalia Stieffatre)