aLiNA

aLiNA is an AVENIA program, open to all members with an interest in mineral resources, which aims to help develop responsible local mining projects in line with the need to secure our supplies of critical mineral raw materials.

Topics range from mineral resource exploration to recycling, from the extraction of metals/minerals from rock and produced water to the recovery of mine tailings. They also cover cross-functional issues such as environmental monitoring, mineral traceability, communication, stakeholder engagement and training.

One of aLiNA's raisons d'être lies in bringing together the community of underground players and the community of industries that use metals and minerals (batteries, green H2, automotive, electronics, aeronautics, etc.).

This program is part of a European approach to take advantage of the emulation between the various European territories concerned by these issues and with a view to achieving the objectives set by the EU in the CRM Act :
+ Intra-European extraction of at least 10% of annual EU consumption
+ Intra-European processing of at least 40% of annual EU consumption
+ Recycling production (including mining waste) of at least 15% of annual consumption
+ a 65% import limit for a single metal and a single country, to diversify sources of supply

aLiNA has also just been enriched by the signing of a partnership between the AVENIA cluster and Quebec's MCS Scientific Network for GEODAYS 2024.