Lithium is on the EU Critical Raw Materials List

In 2023, the European Commission updated the list of critical raw materials (European Critical Raw Materials Act).

This criticality is expressed in two ways:   

• The likelihood of disruption to the substance supply chain;
• The vulnerability of the system to these contingencies.

Lithium is affected by both of these criteria. European legislation on critical raw materials thus aims to guarantee secure and sustainable supplies for the European Union by strengthening all stages of the European critical raw materials value chain. Two targets for 2030 in the future European Regulations illustrate this commitment in particular:

• Extraction in the European Union must produce at least 10% of its annual consumption of strategic raw materials.
• Processing in the European Union must produce at least 40% of its annual consumption.

These European initiatives, backed up by substantial support from the French government, demonstrate, in particular, the importance of local lithium supplies.

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