The rare earths and the effort to rehabilitate Europe from China give Greece a first-rate opportunity to become a factor in one of the most important industrial sectors on the old continent.
The process of transition of the global car industry to technology
of electrification has created enormous challenges for Europe,
seeing the primacy it maintained for more than a century gone
With fast paces.
Main competitor in the field of electric drive is none other than China, which has not only the will and know-how but also the natural resources to support this transition.
That is why the European Union has taken a number of initiatives aimed solely at ensuring the adequacy of raw materials, using the natural resources hidden in its territories.
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In particular, about a year ago the European Commission went ahead
for the first time in the adoption of a list 47 strategic mining, processing and recycling sites
Raw materials, on European territory,
with the aim of covering 10%, 40% and 25% of the corresponding
EU needs by 2030.
The 47 new strategic projects will be implemented in 13 EU member states, including our country,
which will attempt to emerge as one of the main suppliers
I would like to thank the President-in-Office for his reply.
The latter is a rare metal
which is not found free in Nature but is mainly exported as by-product
from mineral metallurgical processing, such as bauxite, which is
rich in aluminum.
Country French production is expected to reach 50 metric tons on an annual basis, thus breaking the Chinese monopoly.
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The gallium is not extracted autonomously,
but is a by-product of the treatment of bauxite for production
Alumina. The integrated operation of the Greek factory allows the
recovery of gallium with an extremely low environmental footprint, making
the Sustainable Development Standard (Green Mining) project.
Beyond the production of gallium, Greece has already submitted proposals for additional five strategic projects concerning copper, germanium and the recycling of critical metals, confirming that the Greek subsoil has the necessary «equipment» for the green industrial revolution.
The French is an historic opportunity for Greece. By directly linking domestic metallurgy to the cutting edge of global technology and the automotive industry, the country acquires strong bargaining paper.
This rare treasure, which for decades remained untapped, is now ready to power the engines and systems of future vehicles, proving that Greece can star in the new global economy.
