Brussels, 04/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - In order to meet the critical needs of the EU, the European Commission proposed, on Tuesday 4 November, an integrated strategy containing targeted measures to improve European industry's access to raw materials from resource-rich third countries.
Raw materials, particularly high technicity metals, are crucial for manufacturing many technologically sophisticated products. In the making of a mobile phone for instance, 40 different raw materials are used,...