Giga Europe 2026

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Hear from leaders across the downstream on current market trends, progress, production plans, and future expectations for EV demand in Europe 
 

- The potential for onshoring Europe’s mining and processing

- The role of Europe’s mining and energy industry leaders in the lithium-ion battery economy
 

- Historically, rare earth mining companies struggled with seeking a social license to operate. Now they are expected to seek a geopolitical license to operate.

- The responsibilities of industry participants in each node of the rare earth magnetics value chain, the role of government, the emerging expectation for a multilateral stockpiling agency, and the plea to stop weaponizing supply chains of rare earths that are critical to our world's transition to Net Zero technologies.

- Outside of China, the EU is the largest, fastest growing, and most undersupplied market for rare earth magnets. How does the EU's policy response match this challenge and prepare for this opportunity? What is the industry's reaction?

- European Green Deal

- CRMA Act (Critical Raw Materials Regulation Act)

- Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)

- IDAA ( Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act)
 

EIT RawMaterials is hosting this interactive workshop with its partners in the MaDiTraCe project — DMT, Spherity, and AHK — to explore and demonstrate innovative approaches to improving the traceability and reliability of raw material tracking in complex supply chains.
 

Purpose and outcome of the workshop: Enhancing traceability and certification is a vital process for European businesses engaging Critical Minerals. This introduction to MaDiTraCe outlines your pathway to responsible sourcing, credible claims, and improved transparency across your supply chain.
 

Attendees will gain:

- Insights on how to address the challenges in mineral supply chains related to the credibility and validation of ESG and material related information;

- Increased knowledge of the Technology Readiness Level for experimental methods in digital and material sciences;

- Insights on practical approaches to enhance compliance with the EU Battery Regulation and the German Supply Chain Act and other due diligence and responsible business regulations;

- Opportunities to interact with a strong stakeholder forum with upstream and downstream industries and policy-oriented stakeholders

- Guidance on the implementation and exploitation of project outcomes. 

• • Ali Seddiki, CEO, AMDIE
• • Peter Yang, CEO, BTR Morocco Projects (Cathode & Anode)
• • Khalid Qalam, CEO, Gotion Power Morocco
• • Jay Yang, Vice President CNGR Advanced Material & Chairman and CEO of COBCO
• • Caspar Rawles, Chief Operating Officer, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

- From price volatility to investment confidence – using BMI data to navigate 2026

- Understanding what's needed to build a global lithium market

- What explains the current lithium price environment, and what might move the market?
 

- Supply chain trends and sourcing challenges for natural and synthetic graphite

- Innovations in graphite processing and anode technology
 

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- How should Europe compete with China's decades of sector dominance and the USA's significant capital allocation into it's resource security agenda?​

- How will CO2 policy impact battery & EV outlook from here on?​

- What are public and private stakeholders' concerns and desires for the European battery ecosystem?

Benchmark-led presentations providing the latest market updates and insights on key battery raw materials, including copper, rare earths, and cobalt

- New projects that could create a sustainable, localized supply for Europe's battery industry

- Cathode materials trends and their impact on supply chains

- With recent market dynamics, how should European mid and downstream stakeholders look to building resilient value chains across copper?
- Planning for traceability and responsible sourcing within new battery regulation
- Under current market dynamics, how can stakeholders reduce shocks and build resilience within their operations?
 

- Policy: What can EC and national governments in Europe do? ​
- Importance: why is it vital to build a circular battery economy & what are the challenges?​
- Technology: What are the available solutions?​
- Are CRMA recycling targets realistic?
- Battery Passport
 

- What the EU’s new corporate sustainability directive means for the battery supply chain​

- The importance of securing an entire battery supply chain through diversity, resilience, and sustainability​