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Critical and Strategic Materials
The 2024 Critical Raw Materials Act identifies 34 CRMs for the EU, of which 17 are identified as Strategic Raw Materials because they are considered as the most crucial for the green & digital transition, as well as for defence & aerospace.
Official status: lists set by
Critical Raw Materials Act; review due by 24
May
2027 and then every 3 years.
What to do: open a
material profile, download CRM factsheets, or explore country
profiles.
For: policy, research, and
industry stakeholders needing up-to-date
information.
Critical Raw Materials (CRMs)
Materials with high economic importance and supply risk under the CRMA.
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Bauxite / Alumina / Aluminium
- Baryte
- Beryllium
- Bismuth
- Boron
- Cobalt
- Coking coal
- Copper
- Feldspar
- Fluorspar
- Gallium
- Germanium
- Hafnium
- Helium
- Heavy REE
- Light REE
- Lithium
- Magnesium
- Manganese
- Graphite
- Nickel (battery grade)
- Niobium
- Phosphate rock
- Phosphorus
- Platinum group metals
- Scandium
- Silicon metal
- Strontium
- Tantalum
- Titanium metal
- Tungsten
- Vanadium
Strategic Raw Materials (SRMs)
Subset of CRMs prioritised for EU resilience (energy, digital, defence & aerospace).
Quick actions for key materials
See all profiles →Copper (SRM & CRM)
Nickel (battery grade)
Lithium (battery grade)
Rare earths for magnets
Graphite (battery grade)
Why this matters
The Critical Raw Materials Act sets EU benchmarks for sustainable and secure supply (mining, processing and recycling) and establishes a regular review cycle. This page gives fast access to the legal text, fact-checked lists, and actionable profiles and datasets for evidence-based policy, research and industry planning.