EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSIDERS ADDING ZIRCONIUM TO EU CRITICAL RAW MATERIAL LIST
November 1st, 2019
THE EUROPEAN Commission will next year (2020) consider whether to add zirconium to the European Union (EU) critical raw material list, with the aim of encouraging production and recycling of a mineral so resistant to corrosion, it is widely used in the nuclear industry. The mineral is also used to make ceramics and in foundries, for instance as a moulding base for sand casting, investment casting, and some aluminium casting.
A listing is designed to incentivise European production of a critical raw material in short supply, making reducing import barriers a ...
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