Exploration and Mining Division

The PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada) 2019 convention was held in Toronto, Canada, this March with over 25,800 attendees from some 132 countries. The four-day convention has over 1,100 exhibitors, 2,500 investors and consists of technical sessions, trade show, investors exchange, investor short courses and networking events. The EU was again strongly represented with its booth very prominent in the North Building and through the hosting of a morning session to highlight the opportunities in the EU mineral and mining sector. The MIREU project was also present to inform the convention participants of our network of EU mining and metallurgy regions and the work that the network will carry out.

MIREU contributed to the EU booth by showcasing our new leaflet, which has been developed together with the Interreg project REMIX, and our project video which was played on the screens in the booth. If you are curious to have a look at the leaflet, you can find it here. MIREU was also invited to the Government and Stakeholder Session of the 2nd meeting of the EU-Canada Bilateral Dialogue on Raw Materials, held on the 6th of March in Toronto. The EU Commission and Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) agreed to invite 2 stakeholders from the EU and 2 stakeholders from Canada to do short presentations, which were followed by discussions.

Paul Mc Dermott from the Exploration and Mining Division in the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Ireland, represented the MIREU project and gave a presentation with the topic ‘MIREU - establishing a network of mining and metallurgy regions across Europe’. The presentation gave an outline of the project as well as the objectives and deliverables and highlighted the ongoing cooperation with the OECD.

The second invited EU stakeholder, Massimo Gasparon, Innovation Director of EIT Raw Materials, presented ‘A European initiative strengthening innovation and education in the raw materials sector’. On the Canadian side, presentations were delivered by Max Skudra, Director, Research and Government Relations, Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business on ‘Research on Indigenous Businesses’ and by Ryan McEachern, Managing Director, Mining Suppliers Trade Association on ‘Overview of the Canadian Mining Supply and Services (MSS) Sector and the Canadian Mining Ecosystem’.

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Future of EU mining regions collaboration

Hilary Webb — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:49:45 +0000

Future of EU mining regions collaboration Hilary Webb Fri, 26/02/2021 - 15:49

The Industrial modernisation S3P Mining industry and the CoMMER (ERRIN Task Force on Raw Materials) invite you to an online roundtable discussion on the future of the EU mining regions collaboration. It will be an opportunity to learn more about the initiatives supporting the networking of mining regions.

The online roundtable will take place on 4th March 2021 from 13:00 - 15:00 CET.

During the session, the S3P Mining Industry and the task force will be introduced as two sides of the same coin having a common objective to develop responsible EU mining. In addition, we will have an introduction to the H2020 project SCRREEN2 - Solutions for Critical Raw materials - a European Expert Network 2.

The meeting will the share aims and current status of these collaborations and to invite you to a brainstorming session exploring the good practices supporting and strengthening the EU mining regions collaboration. A more detailed agenda and instructions will be shared with registered participants from 1st March 2021 onwards.

Please register here before 18:00 CET on 3rd March, the link to join the meeting on Microsoft Teams will be sent on the morning of 4th March.

Agenda

The roundtable will be moderated by Ryan Titley, Director of Projects, ERRIN

13.00 - 13.05	*Opening and introduction*, Ryan Titley, Director of Projects, ERRIN
13.05 - 13.25	*Industrial modernisation S3P Mining industry – Supporting the development of the EU Regional Innovation Hubs of Responsible Mining & Metallurgy Business Solutions*, Ilkka Nykänen, partnership coordinator, Business Joensuu, North-Karelia, Finland and supported by the partners
13.25 - 13.45	*CoMMER, ERRIN Task Force on Raw Materials – supporting the regions in project making, policy shaping, partnering, and profiling,* introduction and background Juha Kaija, Geological Survey of Finland – GTK, MIREU project manager, and commented by the Brussels regional offices’ representatives
13.45 – 14.00	*CoMMER and SCRREEN2 - Synergies for improving the raw materials awareness across the EU regions,* W. Eberhard Falck, Vice-President, International Raw Materials Observatory
14.00 – 14.45	*Open roundtable* – moderated by the Ryan Titley, Director of Projects, ERRIN What are your expectations from the European regional collaboration? How the regions can operationalise their role in the implementation of the responsible mining and metallurgy industries? How to maximise the EU investments to develop sustainable regional and interregional mining ecosystems? How can regional cooperation promote a competitive mining & metallurgy sector and sustainable solutions? How the existing platforms Mining industry S3P and CoMMER can support each other?
14.45 – 15.00	*Conclusions and next steps,* Mika Riipi, County Governor, Lapland, Finland