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During Raw Materials Week 2025 in Brussels, the CRM-Facility hosted and co-organized four targeted sessions showcasing concrete investment opportunities, technical insights and emerging partnerships across global critical raw material (CRM) value chains. The events brought together EU and Government officials, industry leaders, researchers and financiers to advance the CRM-Facility’s mission: supporting secure, sustainable and diversified supply chains for Europe. Uzbekistan:

Lusaka, November 2025 – A team from the Critical Raw Materials Facility (CRM-F) undertook a mission to Zambia to take part in the EU–Zambia Lobito Corridor Business Forum. The Business Forum brought together industry leaders, policymakers and investors from both Zambia and the EU, in order to explore opportunities across the CRM value chain. During the Business Forum, local and

Kazakhstan, June 2025 – Jointly with DG INTPA and the EU Delegation to Kazakhstan, the Critical Raw Materials Facility (CRMF) invited European critical raw materials industry, finance and research partners for a week-long mission to Kazakhstan from 6–10 June 2025, visiting several key industrial and mining sites to explore collaboration and investment opportunities along the critical raw materials (CRM) value