Commission Decision (EU) 2025/840 of 25 March 2025 recognising certain critical raw material projects as Strategic Projects under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2025) 1904)

Article 1

The projects listed in the Annex are recognised as Strategic Projects.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings:   Project Promoter Promoter address Project Name 1 Eramet 10, Boulevard de Grenelle, 75015 Paris, France Ageli 2 RIO NARCEA RECURSOS S.A. Monesterio a Cala, S/N, 06260, Monesterio (Badajoz), Spain Aguablanca Project 3 Solvay Chimica Italia Spa Rosignano Marittimo, Via Piave 6, Italy Alpha Project 4 Tokai COBEX savoie 244 rue des Epicéas, Notre Dame-de-Briançon - La Léchère, France BAM4EVER (Phase I&II) 5 Savannah Lithium Unipessoal, Lda Rua 5 de Outubro, N o  26 5460-304 Boticas, Portugal Barroso Lithium Project 6a European Bauxites 51st km National Road Lamia Amfissa, 331 00 Fokida, Greece BAUX-EU 6b Metlen Energy and Metals Greece; 8 Artemidos str, Maroussi - Athens, Attiki 15125, Greece GALLANT, LEADER 7 CAREMAG SAS 129 rue de Servient - Tour Part-Dieu, 69003 Lyon, France CAREMAG 8 Euro Manganese Inc 709-700 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1G8, Canada Chvaletice Manganese Project 9 Geomet s.r.o. Skolni 299, Mstisov, 417 03 Dubi, Czech Republic Cínovec lithium project 10 Atlantic Copper SLU Avda. Francisco Montenegro, s/n. 21001 Huelva, Spain CirCular 11 UP Catalyst Akadeemia tee 23, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia CO2 Graphite 12a IMERYS Lithium France 43 Quai de Grenelle, 75015 Paris, France Emili processing 12b IMERYS Ceramics France 43 Quai de Grenelle, 75015 Paris, France Emili extraction 13 NGC Battery Materials GmbH Reinhard-Heraeus-Ring 27, 63801 Kleinostheim, Germany European Initiative for Strategic and Sustainable Graphite Production 14 Umicore Watertorenstraat 33, 2250, Olen, Belgium GePETO 15 Sibanye-Stillwater Sandouville Refinery 5059 ROUTE INDUSTRIELLE, 76430 SANDOUVILLE, France GALLICAM 16 Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd. Kemirantie 15, 67900, Kokkola, Finland Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd 17 ORANO Batteries Quai à Pondéreux Ouest, Route du Terminal, 59.279 Loon-Plage, France Hydrometallurgy 18 Jervois Finland Oy Metallitehtaantie 48, 67900 Kokkola, Finland Jervois Finland Cobalt Refinery Expansion Project 19 Keliber Technology Oy Toholammintie 496, 69600 Kaustinen, Finland KELIBER LITHIUM 20 Terrafame Ltd Malmitie 66, 88120 Tuhkakylä, Finland Kolmisoppi 21 LITHIUM IBERIA, S.L. Polígono Industrial San José Obrero, s/n, 10820, Cañaveral (Cáceres), Spain Las Navas 22 Itelyum Regeneration SpA Via Tavernelle 19, 26854 Pieve Fissiraga, Lodi, Italy LIFE-22-ENV- IT- INSPIREE 23 Lifthium energy, S.A. R. Silval 37 12° piso, 2780-373 Oeiras, Portugal Lift One 24 Rock Tech Guben GmbH Balcke-Dürr-Allee 9, 40882 Ratingen, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Lithium Hydroxide Converter Guben 25 MagREEsource 209 Route des Béalières 38360 Noyarey, France MagFactory 26 RECURSOS MINERALES DE GALICIA, S.A. Paseo Independencia n o 21, 3 o Piso. 50001 Zaragoza, Spain MINA DOADE PROJECT 27 ABENÓJAR TUNGSTEN S.L. Ayala Street n o  10, 4 o Left, Spain Mining project El Moto 28 Northvolt Revolt AB Alströmergatan 20 SE-112 47 Stockholm, Sweden NorthCYCLE 29 SOMINCOR Santa Barbara de Padroes, 7780-409 Castro Verde, Portugal Semblana, 3 RD SILO, LOMBADOR North Phase 2 30 Iberian Resources Spain Finca La Parrilla, 10132 Almoharin, Caceres, Spain P6 Metals 31 Elemental Strategic Metals Sp. z o.o. 05-825 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Traugutta 42a Street, Poland POLVOLT 32 Cobre las Cruces S.A.U. CTRA 3410, KM 4.100. 41860. GERENA. SEVILLA, Spain Polymetallic primary sulphite project 33 Portovesme srl Piazzale dei Caduti della Montagnola, 72, 00144 Roma, Italy Portovesme CRM Hub 34 PCC Thorion GmbH Moerser Str. 149, 47198 Duisburg, Germany ProHiPerSi 35 Fortum Battery Recycling Oy Sepänkatu 12, 29200 Harjavalta, Finland Project Fortum Hydromet 36 Mkango Resources Ltd. 550 Burrard Street, Suite 2900. Vancouver, BC. Canada, V6C 0A3 Pulawy Rare Earths Separation Plant 37 Circular Materials s.r.l. Viale delle Industrie 20, 20040 Cambiago (MI) Italy RECOVER-IT 38 LKAB (Luossavaara-Kirunavaara AB) Varvsgatan 45, Luleå, Sweden ReeMAP Project: Malmberget, Lulea Industrial Park, Per Geijer 39 Umicore Broekstraat 31 Rue du Marais, 1000 Brussel, Belgium ReGAIN 40 Lusorecursos Portugal Lithium S.A. Rua Direita, n.30, 5470-251, Montalegre, Portugal Romano Mine 41 Euro Sun Mining Inc. 198 Davenport Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 1J2, Canada Rovina 42 Anglo American Services (UK) Ltd. 17 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1N 6RA, United Kingdom, Sakatti 43 Societatea Națională a Sării S.A. Calea Victoriei nr. 220, etaj 4, sector 1, Bucuresti, CP, 10099, Romania SALROM Baia de Fier 44 Talga AB Södra Kungsgatan 5B, 97235 Luleå, Sweden Talga Natural Graphite ONE 45 Verde Magnesium SRL. 21 Vointei Street, ground floor, District 5, Bucharest, Romania Verde Magnesium 46 Viridian Lithium 9 rue de la Krutenau, 67000 Strasbourg, France Viridian Lithium 47 Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH Amalienbadstrasse 41, Bau 54, 76227 Karlsruhe, Germany Zero Carbon Lithium

LIST OF STRATEGIC PROJECTS

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX LIST OF STRATEGIC PROJECTS (1)    Ageli is an ongoing integrated extraction and processing project in France. The project promoted by Eramet aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (2)    Aguablanca project is an ongoing extraction project in Spain. The project promoted by Rio Narcea Recursos S.A. aims to contribute to the supply of cobalt, platinum group metals, copper and nickel (battery grade). (3)    Alpha Project is an ongoing recycling project in Italy. The project promoted by Solvay Chimica Italia Spa aims to contribute to the supply of platinum group metals. (4)    BAM4EVER (Phase I&II) is an ongoing processing project in France. The project promoted by Tokai COBEX savoie aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (5)    Barroso Lithium Project is an ongoing extraction project in Portugal. The project promoted by Savannah Lithium, Unipessoal, Lda. aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (6)    BAUX-EU, GALLANT and LEADER project is an ongoing integrated project consisting of one extraction (BAUX-EU) and two processing components (GALLENT and LEADER) in Greece. The project promoted by Metlen Energy & Metals and European Bauxites aims to contribute to the supply of bauxite/alumina/aluminium and gallium. (7)    CAREMAG is an ongoing processing project in France. The project promoted by Caremag SAS aims to contribute to the supply of rare earth elements for magnets and boron (metallurgy grade). (8)    Chvaletice Manganese Project is an ongoing integrated extraction and processing project in Czechia. The project promoted by Euro Manganese Inc aims to contribute to the supply of manganese (battery grade). (9)    Cínovec lithium project is an ongoing integrated extraction and processing project in Czechia. The project promoted by Geomet s.r.o. aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (10)    CirCular is an ongoing recycling project in Spain. The project promoted by Atlantic Copper SLU aims to contribute to the supply of copper, nickel and platinum group metals. (11)    CO2Graphite is an ongoing processing project in Estonia. The project promoted by UP Catalyst OU aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (12)    EMILI is an ongoing integrated extraction and processing project in France. The project promoted by IMERYS Ceramics France and IMERYS Lithium France aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (13)    European Initiative for Strategic and Sustainable Graphite Production is an ongoing processing project in France, Namibia and Germany. The project promoted by NGC Battery Materials GmbH aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (14)    GePETO is an ongoing processing project in Belgium. The project promoted by Umicore aims to contribute to the supply of germanium. (15)    GALLICAM is an ongoing processing project in France. The project promoted by Sibanye-Stillwater Sandouville Refinery aims to contribute to the supply of nickel (battery grade), cobalt, lithium (battery grade), graphite (battery grade), manganese (battery grade) and copper. (16)    Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd is an ongoing processing project in Finland. The project promoted by Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (17)    Hydrometallurgy is an ongoing recycling project in France. The project promoted by Orano Batteries aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade), cobalt, nickel (battery grade), manganese (battery grade) and graphite (battery grade). (18)    Jervois Finland Cobalt Refinery Expansion Project is an ongoing processing project in Finland. The project promoted by Jervois Finland Oy aims to contribute to the supply of cobalt. (19)    KELIBER LITHIUM is an ongoing integrated extraction and processing project in Finland. The project promoted by Keliber Technology Oy aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (20)    Kolmisoppi is an ongoing extraction project in Finland. The project promoted by Terrafame Ltd. aims to contribute to the supply of nickel (battery grade) and cobalt. (21)    Las Navas is an ongoing extraction project in Spain. The project promoted by Lithium Iberia S.L. aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (22)    LIFE22-ENV- IT-INSPIREE is an ongoing recycling project in Italy. The project promoted by Itelyum Regeneration SpA aims to contribute to the supply of rare earth elements for magnets. (23)    Lift One is an ongoing processing project in Portugal. The project promoted by Lifthium energy S.A. aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (24)    Lithium Hydroxide Converter Guben is an ongoing processing project in Germany. The project promoted by Rock Tech Guben GmbH aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (25)    MagFactory is an ongoing recycling project in France. The project promoted by MagREEsource aims to contribute to the supply of rare earth elements for magnets. (26)    MINA DOADE PROJECT is an ongoing extraction project in Spain. The project promoted by Recursos Minerales de Galicia S.A. aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (27)    Mining Project El Moto is an ongoing extraction project in Spain. The project promoted by Abenojar Tungsten S.L. aims to contribute to the supply of tungsten. (28)    NorthCYCLE is an ongoing recycling project in Sweden. The project promoted by Northvolt Revolt AB aims to contribute to the supply of manganese (battery grade), lithium (battery grade), graphite (battery grade), nickel (battery grade) and cobalt. (29)    Lombador North Phase 2, Semblana and 3rd SILO project is an ongoing integrated project consisting of two extraction (Lombador North Phase 2 and Semblana) and one processing components (3 rd SILO) in Portugal. The project promoted by SOMINCOR aims to contribute to the supply of copper. (30)    P6 Metals is an ongoing integrated extraction and processing project in Spain. The project promoted by Iberian Resources Spain aims to contribute to the supply of tungsten. (31)    POLVOLT is an ongoing recycling project in Poland. The project promoted by Elemental Battery Metals SP. z.o.o. aims to contribute to the supply of nickel (battery grade), copper, cobalt, lithium (battery grade), platinum group metals and manganese (battery grade). (32)    Polymetallic primary sulphide project is an ongoing integrated extraction and processing project in Spain. The project promoted by Cobre las Cruces S.A.U. aims to contribute to the supply of copper. (33)    Portovesme CRM Hub is an ongoing recycling project in Italy. The project promoted by Portovesme s.r.l. aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade) and manganese (battery grade). (34)    ProHiPerSi is an ongoing substitution project in Germany. The project promoted by PCC Thorion GmbH aims to contribute to the substitution of graphite (battery grade). (35)    Project Fortum Hydromet is an ongoing recycling project in Finland. The project promoted by Fortum Battery Recycling Oy aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade), graphite (battery grade), copper, nickel (battery grade) and cobalt. (36)    Pulawy Rare Earths Separation Plant is an ongoing processing project in Poland. The project promoted by Mkango Resources Ltd. aims to contribute to the supply of rare earth elements for magnets. (37)    RECOVER-IT is an ongoing recycling project in Italy. The project promoted by Circular Materials s.r.l. aims to contribute to the supply of copper, nickel (battery grade) and platinum group metals. (38)    ReeMAP Project: Malmberget, Per Geijer and Lulea Industrial Park is an ongoing integrated project consisting of two extraction (Malmberget and Per Geijer) and one processing components (Lulea Industrial Park) in Sweden. The project promoted by Luossavaara-Kirunavaara AB (LKAB) aims to contribute to the supply of rare earth elements for magnets. (39)    ReGAIN is an ongoing substitution project in Belgium. The project promoted by Umicore aims to contribute to the substitution of germanium. (40)    Romano Mine is an ongoing extraction project in Portugal. The project promoted by Lusorecursos Portugal Lithium S.A. aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (41)    Rovina is an ongoing extraction project in Romania. The project promoted by Euro Sun Mining Inc. aims to contribute to the supply of copper. (42)    Sakatti is an ongoing integrated extraction and processing project in Finland. The project promoted by Anglo American Services (UK) Ltd. Aims to contribute to the supply of cobalt, platinum group metals, copper and nickel (battery grade). (43)    SALROM Baia de Fier is an ongoing extraction project in Romania. The project promoted by Societatea Națională a Sării S.A.aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (44)    Talga Natural Graphite ONE is an ongoing extraction project in Sweden. The project promoted by Talga AB aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (45)    Verde Magnesium is an ongoing extraction project in Romania. The project promoted by Verde Magnesium SRL aims to contribute to the supply of magnesium metal. (46)    Viridian Lithium is an ongoing processing project in France. The project promoted by Viridian Lithium aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade). (47)    Zero Carbon Lithium is an ongoing extraction project in Germany. The project promoted by Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade).