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The European Union\u00a0is struggling with its strategy to reduce its dependence on other countries for the supply of strategic raw materials for the energy transition. Obstacles hinder domestic production, and recycling remains embryonic. However, demand <\/span>for these materials will only increase sharply over the decade.<\/p>

Raw materials such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper, and rare earth metals, essential for wind turbines, solar panels, electrolysers (for hydrogen), and batteries, are often concentrated in one or a few third countries (especially China), making the EU particularly vulnerable.<\/span><\/p>

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The European Union\u00a0is struggling with its strategy to reduce its dependence on other countries for the supply of strategic raw materials for the energy transition. Obstacles hinder domestic production, and recycling remains embryonic. However, demand for these materials will only increase sharply over the decade.Raw materials such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper, and rare earth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":181164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[77162,77160,77159,2043,29,28,16,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batteries","category-china","category-critical-materials","category-energy","category-environment","category-europe","category-industry","category-top-stories-today"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?fit=2194%2C1522&ssl=1",2194,1522,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?fit=300%2C208&ssl=1",300,208,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?fit=640%2C444&ssl=1",640,444,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?fit=640%2C444&ssl=1",640,444,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?fit=1536%2C1066&ssl=1",1536,1066,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?fit=2048%2C1421&ssl=1",2048,1421,true],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?fit=18%2C12&ssl=1",18,12,true],"related-thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1",640,480,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1",400,400,true],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"mailchimp":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?fit=560%2C388&ssl=1",560,388,true],"unipress-phone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=640%2C100&ssl=1",640,100,true],"unipress-tablet":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=1536%2C240&ssl=1",1536,240,true],"unipress-tablet-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=1536%2C180&ssl=1",1536,180,true],"unipress-tablet-landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=2048%2C180&ssl=1",2048,180,true],"unipress-smartphone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=1080%2C168&ssl=1",1080,168,true],"unipress-wide-screen":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-02-03-om-11.07.27.png?resize=2194%2C180&ssl=1",2194,180,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

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