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MinLand Final Conference and Clustering event

On Friday, 22nd November 2019, the Horizon 2020 funded project MinLand held its Final Conference and Clustering Event in Brussels, Belgium. Members of the Consortium and the Advisory Group and relevant stakeholders from the Commission, the Member States and the Industry met before the very end of the project to share the project results and outcomes and discuss the progress and the achievements made by MinLand.

Minland Newsletter #4

The 4th and last issue of the MinLand newsletter comprises of interviews with the main stakeholders of the MinLand workshop investigating on the link between EU policies for minerals and a more regulated framework for spatial planning and land-use.

Case Studies about Non-Energy Mineral Extraction in Natura 2000

The EU Action Plan for nature, people and the economy requires the Commission, under Action 8, to “identify with Member States and other stakeholders best practices on investment for extractive operations and for land rehabilitation and restoration by non-energy mineral extractive industry, in order to complement the existing guidance on non-energy mineral extractive industry in Natura 2000”.

MinLand Local Workshops for Stakeholders

MinLand events

Title Date Place
25th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society April 2020 Aachen, Germany
EU Raw Materials Week 2019 November 2019 Brussels, Belgium
Open Congress of the Czech geological association and Slovak geological association September 2019 Beroun, Czech Republic
3rd International workshop on the EU- RMIS 2019 June 2019 Ispra, Italy
The Bergforsk and STRIM days May 2019 Luleå, Sweden
9th EUREGEO conference May 2019 Bavarian Environment Agency, Hof
EGU – European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 April  2019 Vienna, Austria
PDAC – Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada March 2019 Toronto, Canada
MIREU- high-level meeting January 2019 Leon, Spain
3rd Greek Raw Materials Dialogue December 2018 Athens, Greece
Raw Materials Week 2018 November 2018 Brussels, Belgium
Review meeting of REMIX project October 2018 Brussels, Belgium
Social License to Operate (SLO) for mining and processing undertakings June 2018 EASME, Brussels, Belgium
1st SLO workshop May 2018 Rovaniemi, Finland
MIREU Kick-Off January 2018 Esbo, Finland
Min-Guide Annual Meeting December 2017 Brussels, Belgium