The GREENPEG Closure Conference on 3rd and 4th September 2024 at the premises of the Norwegian Geological Survey (NGU) brought together followers from industry, surveys, research and administration in Trondheim. The Project Consortium shared the project outcomes and exchanged opinions and visions about the exploration of CRM and valorisation of the European mineral wealth with a focus on the Nordic countries. They are potential raw material suppliers to Europe and, with great ambitious new developments, play a crucial role for the success of the CRMA. Accompanied by the General Assembly of the European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources (ETP SMR), GREENPEG and other exploration and mining activities “Made in Europe” were set in the context of the European Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). During the past two decades, the EU has invested heavily into critical raw materials research and innovation projects, such as GREENPEG, paving the way for more commercial opportunities to make Europe more resilient and raising self-supply.
Over the last four years, thirteen 13 European partners from industry, academia and surveys have carried out the GREENPEG project funded by the EU HORIZON 2020 program. The project has resulted in cutting edge technological innovations and toolsets for the exploration of Critical Raw Materials (CRM) in Europe and worldwide in order to widen the resource base and to initiate new mining by efficient exploration measures.
GREENPEG celebrates its closure conference on 3rd September 2024 at the Geological Survey of Norway, NGU, in Trondheim supported by the European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources (ETP SMR)
- Session 1 | GREENPEG, the first innovative toolset for exploration of critical raw material in Europe
- Session 2 | Norway - a reliable producer of raw materials to the European Union
- Session 3 | EU Strategic Partnerships in the raw materials sector and Nordic policies towards a world in change
- Session 4 | EU policy making towards innovaons in the raw materials ecosystems
- Session 5 | Speed dating with the GREENPEG Experts Group (follow up initiative offering services for pegmatite exploration)
On Wednesday, 4th of September 2024 GREENPEG offers a full day excursion visiting Olav’s Cu mine, Røros and the mining museum. Morning departure by bus (NGU-organised) from Trondheim and return in the afternoon/evening. 333 years of quarrying at Rørosvidda created wealth for the owners and the state, a livelihood for the workers and a world cultural monument for posterity. Join us on an excursion to historic Røros and the rich mineral resources that can be found there to this day.
If interested, please check out the conference programme under https://www.ngu.no/en/arrangement/greenpeg-project-closure-conference
Contact: Marco Brønner
The GREENPEG project partners are presenting their latest results to worldwide pegmatite experts at the GAC-MAC-PEG 2024 at Brandon University in Manitoba, including the 10th International Symposium on Granitic Pegmatites Committee to which GREENPEG experts Dr. Encarnacion Roda-Robles (University of the Basque Country) and Dr. Alexandre Lima (University do Porto) are proud members of the Organising Committee. More information about GAC-MAC-PEG 2024 can be found here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gCSU6tAx
More than 30 participants gathered in Windhoek on 14 May 2024 to be introduced into GREENPEG toolset for exploration of pegmatites and exchanging latest news about lithium, tin and tantalum potential, exploration and mining in Namibia and other African countries. Her Excellency, the EU Ambassador to Namibia, Ane-Beatriz Martins, pointed out in her opening speech the strategic partnership between Namibia and the European Union in achieving energy transition targets by securing the required raw material supply. The workshop also included a field excursion to the Uis pegmatites on 15-16 May 2024, providing an opportunity to discuss the experiences, challenges and opportunities in pegmatite exploration by industry. Organized by GREENPEG in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Namibia, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) in Germany, and Gecko Exploration, the workshop aimed to enhance the EU strategic raw materials partnership and to promote a sustainable development in the region.
Together with GeoSphere Austria, the newly founded Federal Institute for Geology, Geophysics, Climatology and Meteorology, the EU research project GREENPEG organized a workshop on Pegmatite and hardrock exploration "Made in Europe" in the service of the European Geological Surveys in Vienna. The workshop addressed the question of what level of knowledge we have achieved in pegmatite exploration in Europe, where the industry and geological services of the EU member states have been involved to date and which framework conditions in the EU promote and restrict the exploitation of pegmatite deposits. The event was well received by over 50 participants from several EU countries and Canada and complemented the successful start of the GeoSphere Austria Lithium Symposium. Here you can find the conference program of both events.
GREENPEG well presented by a number of partners booths such as from NGU, terratec, NHM London. Coordinator Axel Müller presented the GREENPEG findings at the workshop "R&I for
mineral exploration and extraction in the EU at the European Unions´ booth on 5th of March. More information was available at the German Pavilion and the NGU pavilion, Norway.
"Do you speak English - Honey I do". That was the song in the German hit parade almost 50 years ago. A song that conveyed how you can fall in love with more than just the English language. Nothing has changed to this day, except that the "lingua franca" has become more of a professional language than ever before. And as such, it is also playing an increasingly important role in the natural sciences.
As part of its work with "young careers", GREENPEG partner GKZ invited a group of first-year geophysics students led by Ms. Darlene Ann Kilian from the Bergakademie Freiberg to its office to discuss the work of the GKZ and its members, with a particular focus on the GREENPEG project. The project is concerned with optimizing exploration technologies and methods for pegmatites as carriers of important metals for the energy transition. The 10 men and women listened with equal interest to Managing Director Wolfgang Reimer's explanations and his "knowledge of languages" from 30 years of professional life on six continents. - However, he found his sweetheart in Dresden - in Saxon!