Meet the VERAM partners

TECNALIA Tecnalia is a private, non‐profit technological research centre based in the Basque Country of northern Spain. It was created in 2011 by merging eight research organisations to work towards the common goal of generating and developing business opportunities through applied research. Tecnalia has established different lines of research covering new materials, waste, energy efficiency…

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Nine New Critical Materials

In 2017, nine critical raw materials were added to the EU’s Critical Raw Materials list. While the 27 materials that made the list are all “critical”, we have selected another three of the new additions, which stand out as of particular importance to current and future European societal needs. Hafnium – high-temperature alloys and ceramics…

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Towards a roadmap to success: a dedicated workshop gave the roadmap its final touch

Raw material stakeholders have played an active role in shaping the research and innovation roadmap throughout the VERAM project. Following a broad stakeholder consultation conducted in autumn 2017, a dedicated workshop brought the project partners and experts together with a decisive task to translate the stakeholder input into a concise roadmap that represents the main…

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