Title Acronym Period to

implement the commitment

Country

1. 3DS European Mineral Asset Definition and Valuation System

EUROASSET 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2018

United Kingdom

2. Africa-EU-Latin America Raw Materials Platform Kandandu

AELPK 06/01/2014 to 12/31/2018

Portugal

3. Balancing Regulations, Innovation and Trade in the EU BRITE 02/07/2014 to 02/07/2019

France

4. BioMOre: An Alternative Mining Concept - Raw Materials Commitment

BioMOre 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2018

United Kingdom

5. BRAVO - Bauxite Residue and Aluminium Valorisation Operations

BRAVO 02/01/2014 to 12/12/2020

Ireland

6. Breakthrough Solutions for Seafloor Mineral Extraction and Processing in deep water environment

SeaFlores 04/09/2014 France

7. Certification of recycling facilities for WEEE and spent batteries (project under WEEE 2020)

WEEE + BATT Excellence 01/01/2015 to 09/30/2017

Belgium

8. Classification of secondary resources and slope stability key to making existing and future mining waste disposal sites safe and productive

SAFE & PRODUCTIVE MINING WASTE FACILITIES

01/01/2015 to 12/31/2017

Poland

9. Closing the Circle Plasma Demonstration Plant CTC 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2021

Belgium

10. Competitive and environgentle just-in-time forestry GENTLE 02/03/2014 to 12/31/2019

Sweden

11. Continuous underground mining of hard rock minerals CUMiHR 04/08/2014 to 03/30/2017

Sweden

12. Covenant Circular Economy 2022 Covenant2022 06/05/2014 to 06/05/2022

Belgium

13. Creation of a European Hydrometallurgical Institute EHI 01/01/2014 to 01/01/2020

France

14. Creation of a European research network on ore processing and extractive metallurgy

EUROPEM 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2019

France

15. Critical Raw Materials Innovation Network CRM_InnoNet 11/01/2012 to 04/30/2015

United Kingdom

16. De Re Metallica International Chair Metallica 01/01/2015 to 01/01/2020

France

17. Development of an innovative and sustainable lithium extraction process from medium lithium grade brines

LiDEP (Lithium Direct Extraction Process)

01/01/2014 to 12/31/2018

France

18. Development of Innovative Technologies for processing low grade, fine feeds for the primary ferronickel production industry

FerroNi 06/01/2014 to 05/31/2018

Greece

19. Ecole des Mines et de la Métallurgie de Moanda E3M 11/01/2013 to 01/01/2016

France

20. Economic assessment of monazite sands in Europe. Application to a Spanish recognized ore

AREMON 01/01/2015 to 01/01/2017

Spain

21. Employ of Waste instead of Quarry for sUbstitution of AnTimOny as fire Retardant additive

EQUATOR 06/01/2014 to 12/31/2020

Italy

22. Enhancing the cascade use of wood by integrating an intensified mobilisation of forest resources

ECAMOB 05/01/2014 to 04/01/2018

France

23. Environmentally Responsible Deep-sea Mining ERDEM 06/01/2014 to 05/31/2019

United Kingdom

24. Environmentally sound Advanced Recycling Technologies for Hi Tech products: An innovative technology framework for the development of advanced

EARTH 2020 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2017

Italy

Title Acronym Period to

implement the commitment

Country

recycling systems of critical and precious raw materials from hi tech products

25. ETP SMR coordination of research and innovation of raw materials issues

RMInnovation 04/08/2014 to 12/31/2015

Belgium

26. EU Responsible mining demonstrations: best practice and capacity building

REMIND 01/04/2016 to 06/30/2018

France

27. Euromines Network for implementation and exchange on Non-Technological Raw-Materials Innovation in the EU

ENTRIE 02/10/2014 to 12/31/2019

Belgium

28. European Enhanced Landfill Mining Consortium EURELCO 03/11/2014 to 03/11/2020

Belgium

29. European Exploration Project ExplOre 02/01/2014 to 03/31/2020

Finland

30. European Minerals Day EMD 06/01/2014 to 09/30/2015

Belgium

31. European Minerals Information Network EUMINET 05/01/2014 to 01/01/2020

Belgium

32. European Minerals Year 2015 EMY2015 09/01/2014 to 06/30/2016

Belgium

33. EUropean NAtural Rubber Substitute from Guayule EU-NARS-G 02/01/2015 to 12/31/2022

Belgium

34. European Pilot Plant Network for Extractive Metallurgy and Mineral Processing

MetNet 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2016

Sweden

35. European Research Area - Network on the Industrial Handling of Raw Materials for European Industries

ERA-MIN 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2016

France

36. European Technology Platforms Promoting Innovation on Raw Materials

ETP-PRIME 05/01/2014 to 02/01/2018

Belgium

37. EWIT: Developing a e-waste implementation toolkit to support the recycling and the secondary raw material recovery strategies in metropolitan areas in Africa

EWIT 01/04/2015 to 12/31/2016

Austria

38. Exploitation of a unique European mineral resource for securing the needs of European electronics industry

Min-tronic 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2017

Luxembourg

39. Flexible haulage system CHS250 03/01/2014 to 12/31/2016

Austria

40. Fully automated mineral winning process/system including near-to-face processing and backfilling for deep metal mines

I²Mine-pilot 07/01/2017 to 12/31/2020

United Kingdom

41. Industrial Minerals Associations' Global Innovative Network

IMAGINe 01/01/2015 to 11/30/2020

Europe

42. Innovation Network to increase the COmpetitiveness of the European Magnesium/Magnesite sector through Environmental and Social Sustainability

INCOMES 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2017

Spain

43. Innovative bio-mining and bio-mineralization technologies applied to extraction of low-grade ores deposits, mine by-products and recycling of man-made products

BioAlMinore 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2017

Portugal

44. Innovative Hydrometallurgical processes to recover precious and critical metals from WEEE and other HighTech products

HydroWEEE 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2017

Austria

45. Innovative Mining of Marine Mineral Resources – A European Pilot Mining Test in the Atlantic on Tools, Facilities, Operations and Concepts

Blue Atlantis 04/01/2015 to 03/31/2020

Germany

Title Acronym Period to

implement the commitment

Country

46. Innovative New Hydrometallurgical Process for Nb & REE Valorization from Pyrochlore Ores

INBREV 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2018

France

47. Innovative Technologies and Concepts for the Intelligent Deep Mine of the Future - Phase 2

I²Mine-2 11/01/2015 to 10/31/2018

Sweden

48. Introduction and Improvement of Separate Paper Collection to avoid landfilling and incineration

IMPACT 06/01/2014 to 01/01/2020

Belgium

49. Metal Recovery from Low Grade Ores and Wastes MetGrow 02/01/2014 to 08/31/2018

Finland

50. New Affordable Stainless Steel for extreme Conditions NASSCO 11/01/2014 to 10/31/2017

France

51. Optimizing the Minerals Policy Framework at EU and National Levels by 2020

OPTIMIN_2020 03/01/2014 to 12/31/2020

Austria

52. Permitting procedure in Spain PPS (Permitting procedure in Spain)

02/02/2014 to 01/31/2015

Spain

53. Promotion of the reutilization and valorisation of urban bulky wastes as alternative sustainable source to innovative applications

BULKY 10/01/2014 to 09/30/2017

Spain

54. Raw Elements Substitution in Electronic and optoelectronic Technologies

RESET 04/01/2014 to 03/31/2019

Italy

55. Recovery of Critical Metals from the Bauxite Residues (red mud) of the primary alumina refining industry

Mud2Metal 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2020

Greece

56. Recycled Carbon Fibres Substitute for Natural Graphite & Industrial Applications

CARBOCYCLE 04/14/2014 to 12/31/2020

Cyprus

57. Recycling Of Secondary raw materials for a sustainable optimization of construction processes in civil Engineering

ROSE 03/03/2014 to 12/31/2020

Italy

58. Redefining of deposit potential and improving assessment and access to undiscovered and existing mineral deposits

REDEPO 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2020

Poland

59. Role model EU Ports on preventing illegal shipments whilst facilitating legal trade

PREVENTILEX 01/31/2014 to 12/31/2017

Belgium

60. Securing the supply of Primary resources SecPRIME 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2020

Sweden

61. Simulation and development of innovative hydrometallurgical processes for the valorization of low grade and polymetallic resources

SX-dev 03/01/2015 to 03/01/2019

France

62. Sonic On-Line Sampling Analysis - Automated mineralogy and chemistry Analysis

SOLSA 05/01/2015 to 04/30/2019

France

63. SPECIFIC COMMITMENT OF SOME ACR+ EPR CLUB MEMBERS TO EXCHANGE BEST PRACTICES ON EPR AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY AS A EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP ON RAW MATERIALS

EPR-C Commitment 02/01/2014 to 12/31/2020

Belgium

64. Standardization of secondary raw materials from end of life tyres

ELTSTANDARD 09/02/2014 to 09/30/2017

Spain

65. Standardization of sustainable mining management systems

Stand4Mines 04/01/2015 to 04/01/2018

Spain

66. Substitution of CRM – place for graphene in EIP on RM SUBGraph 04/01/2014 to 12/31/2020

Poland

67. Sustainable and efficient beneficiation of polymetallic, complex and low grade ores mined in difficult, small or deep mineral deposits including tailings and wastes

PolymetOre 02/08/2014 to 12/31/2020

Spain

Title Acronym Period to

implement the commitment

Country

68. Sustainable Mining SUSMINE 01/01/2014 to 01/01/2021

Sweden

69. SUstainable non�energy Mineral extraction Activities in Natura 2000 protected sites

SUMAN 2000 07/01/2014 to 12/31/2016

Spain

70. Sustainable substitution in extreme conditions SUBST-EXTREME 01/01/2014 to 12/30/2019

Finland

71. Sustainable woody feedstocks for bioeconomy SWEETSTOCK 04/01/2014 to 12/31/2018

Finland

72. Sweden's Minerals Strategy SMiS 02/07/2014 to 02/07/2024

Sweden

73. The path to a circular economy: a European collaborative project between the recycling industry, the demolition sector and the Gypsum Industry

GtoG (from gypsum to gypsum) -LIFE 11 ENV/BE/1039

01/01/2013 to 12/31/2015

Belgium

74. The Platinum Consortium: promoting research and innovation on platinum and related metals

PLATINUM 06/01/2014 to 06/01/2019

France

75. Thermodynamic assessment of raw material use in Europe

TAURUS 03/01/2014 to 03/31/2017

Spain

76. Tools for Mining Small Complex Gold Deposits SMALLMINE 02/07/2014 to 02/07/2020

Portugal

77. Towards a new model of C&DW management for a circular supply chain integrating innovative solutions for a better recovery of Raw Materials

C&D-WRAM 06/01/2014 to 12/31/2020

Spain

78. Waste to Product in Magnesium Chloride - Innovative Manufacturing Process for solid Magnesium Chloride

MaCooP 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2017

Germany

79. WEEE 2020 Raw Material Partnership – Delivering advancements across the WEEE value chain to improve the environment, help meet EU material demand and drive a resource efficient, green economy.

WEEE 2020 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2020

Belgium

80. Zero Waste Alliance ZWA 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2017

Italy

81. “Alternative Blue Advanced Technologies for Research On Seafloor Sulfides” : securing long term raw material supply to Europe by developing and testing deep-sea technologies for exploration and evaluation :

ALBATROSS 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2020

France