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Key Issue for theExtractive IndustryThe European Aggregates Association outlines its ongoingcampaign to improve access to raw materials in the EU.According to AggregatesBusiness Europe, the May/June 2010 issue, ensuringaccess to essential raw materials,despite continuous dialogue with theEU Institutions, is still a key issue forthe Extractive Industry. The EuropeanAggregates Association (UEPG) hasconducted a long-term campaign on“access to resources” and keeps callingfor better and sustainable planningpolicies in Europe through two newinitiatives.In 2004, a study on “Minerals PlanningPolicies and Supply Practices in Europe”was commissioned by the EuropeanCommission and developed by theLeoben University.Following the publication of itsposition paper on the RawMaterials Initiative, UEPG saw thedesirability of a new and authoritativeindependent support on mineral planning.UEPG president Jim O’Brien contactedLeoben University—through the AustrianAggregates Association (FSKI)—for areview focused solely on aggregates.The study focused on the following items:current and future aggregates supply anddemand in Europe; minerals (aggregates)planning policies; and permitting systems.The preliminary findings of ProfessorsMoser, Wagner, Dr. Tiess, and studentKriz were discussed at the UEPGcommittee meeting in March 2010 and atits board meeting the following month.Preliminary results showed:• Total of recycled materials is unlikelyto exceed 10 percent of totalaggregate supply in the mediumterm and, therefore, future supply ofaggregates in Europe will still haveto come from natural aggregateresources.• Only a few Member States have aclear, structured national mineralspolicy.• Aggregates are not considered in landuse planning in most countries.• Authorization process is complex andvery slow in most countries.The final results were to be communicatedto the European Commission in May, sothat conclusions may be incorporated intothe recommendations of the Commission’sRaw Materials Initiative and be includedin its final report. ■European MineralsConference Madrid 2010In June, the third EuropeanMinerals Conference took placein Madrid to further support theRaw Materials Initiative. The“European MineralsConferenceMadrid2010” was organized by the extractiveindustry representatives both at Europeanand at Spanish levels and was included inthe official conference program of the EUSpanish Presidency with the support of theSpanish Ministry for Industry, Tourism, andCommerce.Euromines was one of the key collaboratorsand was represented by its President Mr.Thomas Drnek and its director Dr. CorinaHebestreit. The strategic importanceof the European miningindustry and European34 volume 3, number 1 | Today’s aggregate & mining solutions
aw material supply and demandwere discussed during this two-dayconference.The Conference recorded asignificant level of participationand a high level of speakers. Intotal, more than 350 participantsfrom over 30 countries attendedthis event. The final concludingspeeches were given by theSpanish Minister of Industry,Tourism and Commerce, MiguelSebastián, together with theVice-President of the EuropeanCommission and Industry, andThe Industry’s collectiveviewpoints are describedin detail in its MadridDeclaration, the key points of whichmay be summarized as:• At the European level, a RawMaterials Policy needs to bepromoted, defining the strategyto ensure that Europe in futurewill have sufficient supplies ofimported raw materials andsufficient access to indigenousraw materials.• There is a need to developcorresponding Raw MaterialsPolicies at national, regional,and local levels to ensure goodpresent and future access tothe raw materials geologicallypresent.• There is a need to developassociated Land-Use PlanningPolicies, to ensure that landusedevelopment for mineralsextraction around thesegeologically-present resources ispreferentially treated.Entrepreneurship Commissioner,Antonio Tajani.The Madrid Raw MaterialsDeclaration 2010, summarizingthe conclusions of the MadridConference and the views of theEuropean Non Energy ExtractiveIndustry—NEEI—on the progress ofthe EC Raw Materials Initiative wasofficially presented at the end of theconference. The great significance ofthe raw materials industry for Europewas underlined: 30 million jobs andadded value of 1,300 billion eurosare dependent on this industry. ■Madrid Raw MaterialsDeclaration 2010• There is a need to adopt bestpractices in Permitting Proceduresfollowing good examples fromother Member States, to ensurepermits are granted ina timely and efficientmanner and for durationsthat justify the significantcapital investmentsinvolved.The Minerals Industryrecommends that theRaw Materials Initiativeadopts these proposalsand incorporates them inthe final Communicationon the Initiative expectedby end-2010. Because ofthe ongoing importanceof the issue of access toraw material resources, theIndustry also suggests thatthe Initiative be followedup by regular reviews overthe next 5 years and alsobe part of the Commission’s2020 Agenda and Strategy.For more information, visitwww.madrid2010rmi.com. ■What Does This Mean for theGlobal Aggregate Industry?Leaving aside the economic downturn therehas been a marked change in the industryover the decades. Two interlinked trendsare noticeable—a transition to crushedrock production and the consolidation of theindustry.“Quarries tend to be bigger and require moreinvestment in the size of the facility and thetime span, and in the equipment to run it,”says Göransson.Jan Bida who works for specialist consultantSBMI said, “There are also synergies andeconomy of scale effects which help.” Onehe points to is the use of mobile crushingunits which can be used in up to half a dozendifferent quarries in a year. “They build up astockpile and then move on, leaving a loaderon site to service deliveries,” he says.Excerpt taken from Aggregates Business EuropeJan/Feb 2010 Vol 4 Issue No 1.Today’s aggregate & mining solutions | volume 3, number 1 35
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