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Commission Decision of 9.10.2026 recognising certain critical raw material projects as Strategic Projects under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 (C(2026) 8051 final)

Primary source

European Commission

OfficialenAccessed 3 Nov 2026

The decision itself, read in full 2026-11-03 (file sha256 f0768137c98466c0fe53f79c241bf7d97cf7f358a2aeb9b3332bd07ddf677342). Adopted under Article 7(9) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252. Article 1: "The projects listed in the Annex are recognised as Strategic Projects." Article 2 addresses the decision to each promoter with its address; those addresses are the source for promoters' countries. Recital (4): 101 applications from projects in Member States, 98 complete. Only the English text is authentic. The document states it was adopted on 9 October 2026; when this PDF was first posted online is not established, so datePublished is left unknown. The Decision was later published in the Official Journal as Commission Decision (EU) 2026/2349 (OJ L, 22.10.2026); notification and effective dates are not established.

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https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/document/download/56f5457c-2ed0-4c10-8c76-d66a79cb00b6_en?filename=C_2026_8051_F1_COMMISSION_DECISION_EN_V2_P1_5091203.PDF

77 directly citing records. This is a snapshot of the curated public corpus, not a live document monitor or proof that every sentence in the linked document supports every aspect of a record. Status and implementation observations are distinct from executed agreements, cash disbursements and verified physical milestones. Private research and pending editor reviews are excluded.

Policy events

1 distinct published record with an explicit reference to this source.

  1. Commission Decision recognising 46 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act

    evt-eu-crma-strategic-projects-2026-10

    • Cited policy event

Projects

26 distinct published records with an explicit reference to this source.

  1. OREON (Optimal REcycling Of Nickel)

    prj-be-oreon

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  2. ALE - Altmark Lithium Extraction

    prj-de-altmark-lithium-extraction

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  3. European Lithium Refining and Recycling Hub Bitterfeld: from primary raw materials via recycling to critical solid state battery components

    prj-de-amg-bitterfeld-lithium-hub

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  4. EU BEST STRAT: Battery Economical Sustainable (Recycling-) Technology

    prj-de-eu-best-strat

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  5. HyProMag GmbH

    prj-de-hypromag

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  6. Pure Battery Technologies pCAM plant Europe

    prj-de-pbt-pcam-plant

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  7. Zinnwald Lithium Project

    prj-de-zinnwald-lithium

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  8. Silmet 2.0

    prj-ee-silmet-2-0

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  9. EU APT Tungsten Plant

    prj-es-eu-apt-tungsten-plant

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  10. CoNiKo - Cobalt and Nickel refining in Kokkola

    prj-fi-coniko

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  11. Hautalampi Cobalt-Nickel-Copper Mine Project

    prj-fi-hautalampi

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  12. Sokli

    prj-fi-sokli

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  13. Suhanko project

    prj-fi-suhanko

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  14. BREES (Best Rare Earth Element Separation)

    prj-fr-brees

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  15. EMME

    prj-fr-emme

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  16. Lithium de France

    prj-fr-lithium-de-france

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  17. NEOMAT-PCAM

    prj-fr-neomat-pcam

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  18. Alkeemia PureGraph

    prj-it-alkeemia-puregraph

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  19. REW-ITA green HUB: Recovery of Wolfram: Italian Technology Advanced green Hub

    prj-it-rew-ita-green-hub

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  20. Enabling CRM production in Europe by recovering CRM from end-of-life batteries: A scalable battery black mass refining process that extracts critical raw materials from all types of Li-ion batteries in an environmental friendly way.

    prj-nl-back-to-battery-black-mass

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  21. Urban Mining Factory - Printed Circuit Boards

    prj-nl-urban-mining-factory-pcb

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  22. Integrated Recycling Smelter

    prj-pl-kghm-integrated-recycling-smelter

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  23. Urban mining

    prj-pl-tdm-urban-mining

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  24. BORRALHA MINING PROJECT

    prj-pt-borralha

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  25. Establishment of electric battery recycling capacity, Racari city, Dambovita county

    prj-ro-racari-battery-recycling

    • Field evidence: sponsors
  26. GaRefine - Gallium Recycling & Refining for Europe

    prj-sk-garefine

    • Field evidence: sponsors

Project designations

26 distinct published records with an explicit reference to this source.

  1. Alkeemia PureGraph

    dsg-eu-crma-alkeemia-puregraph

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  2. ALE - Altmark Lithium Extraction

    dsg-eu-crma-altmark-lithium-extraction

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  3. European Lithium Refining and Recycling Hub Bitterfeld: from primary raw materials via recycling to critical solid state battery components

    dsg-eu-crma-amg-bitterfeld-lithium-hub

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  4. Enabling CRM production in Europe by recovering CRM from end-of-life batteries: A scalable battery black mass refining process that extracts critical raw materials from all types of Li-ion batteries in an environmental friendly way.

    dsg-eu-crma-back-to-battery-black-mass

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  5. BORRALHA MINING PROJECT

    dsg-eu-crma-borralha

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  6. BREES (Best Rare Earth Element Separation)

    dsg-eu-crma-brees

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  7. CoNiKo - Cobalt and Nickel refining in Kokkola

    dsg-eu-crma-coniko

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  8. EMME

    dsg-eu-crma-emme

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  9. EU APT Tungsten Plant

    dsg-eu-crma-eu-apt-tungsten-plant

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  10. EU BEST STRAT: Battery Economical Sustainable (Recycling-) Technology

    dsg-eu-crma-eu-best-strat

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  11. GaRefine - Gallium Recycling & Refining for Europe

    dsg-eu-crma-garefine

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  12. Hautalampi Cobalt-Nickel-Copper Mine Project

    dsg-eu-crma-hautalampi

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  13. HyProMag GmbH

    dsg-eu-crma-hypromag

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  14. Integrated Recycling Smelter

    dsg-eu-crma-kghm-integrated-recycling-smelter

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  15. Lithium de France

    dsg-eu-crma-lithium-de-france

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  16. NEOMAT-PCAM

    dsg-eu-crma-neomat-pcam

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  17. OREON (Optimal REcycling Of Nickel)

    dsg-eu-crma-oreon

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  18. Pure Battery Technologies pCAM plant Europe

    dsg-eu-crma-pbt-pcam-plant

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  19. Establishment of electric battery recycling capacity, Racari city, Dambovita county

    dsg-eu-crma-racari-battery-recycling

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  20. REW-ITA green HUB: Recovery of Wolfram: Italian Technology Advanced green Hub

    dsg-eu-crma-rew-ita-green-hub

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  21. Silmet 2.0

    dsg-eu-crma-silmet-2-0

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  22. Sokli

    dsg-eu-crma-sokli

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  23. Suhanko project

    dsg-eu-crma-suhanko

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  24. Urban mining

    dsg-eu-crma-tdm-urban-mining

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  25. Urban Mining Factory - Printed Circuit Boards

    dsg-eu-crma-urban-mining-factory-pcb

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status
  26. Zinnwald Lithium Project

    dsg-eu-crma-zinnwald-lithium

    • Designation status observation
    • Field evidence: holders
    • Field evidence: programme
    • Field evidence: status

Organizations

24 distinct published records with an explicit reference to this source.

  1. ABENÓJAR TUNGSTEN S.A.

    org-abenojar-tungsten

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  2. Alkeemia S.p.A.

    org-alkeemia

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  3. AMG Lithium GmbH

    org-amg-lithium

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  4. Back to Battery B.V.

    org-back-to-battery

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  5. CMK s.r.o.

    org-cmk-sro

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  6. CRITICAL. (owner of Circular Industries)

    org-critical-circular-industries

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  7. cylib Production I GmbH

    org-cylib-production-i

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  8. ECO LIFE STYLE S.R.L.

    org-eco-life-style

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  9. ELECTRO MOBILITY MATERIALS EUROPE (EMME)

    org-emme

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  10. FinnCobalt Oy

    org-finncobalt

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  11. HyProMag GmbH

    org-hypromag-gmbh

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  12. KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.

    org-kghm-polska-miedz

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  13. Lithium de France

    org-lithium-de-france

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  14. MINERALIA - Minas, Geotecnia e Construções, Lda.

    org-mineralia

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  15. NEOMAT PCAM

    org-neomat-pcam

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  16. Neptune Energy Innovations GmbH

    org-neptune-energy-innovations

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  17. NPM Silmet OÜ

    org-npm-silmet-ou

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  18. OMCD TEK HUB S.p.A.

    org-omcd-tek-hub

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  19. Pure Battery Technologies Limited

    org-pure-battery-technologies

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: name
  20. Rhodia Operations

    org-rhodia-operations

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  21. Sokli Oy

    org-sokli-oy

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  22. Suhanko Arctic Platinum Oy

    org-suhanko-arctic-platinum

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  23. TDM Electronics Inc.

    org-tdm-electronics

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name
  24. Zinnwald Lithium Plc

    org-zinnwald-lithium-plc

    • Field evidence: country
    • Field evidence: kind
    • Field evidence: name

Only direct references in published events, field evidence, source-linked status histories, quotations, legal relationships, profiles and reviewed project milestones are shown. These links do not assign causality. See the source hierarchy and verification methodology.