ECA
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Meanwhile EU processing accounted for 24 percent of its needs and 12 percent of its recycling capacity, the ECA said.
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"We are now dangerously dependent on a handful of countries outside the EU for the supply of these materials," said the ECA's Keit Pentus-Rosimannus.
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But despite signing 14 of them, the ECA found imports fell between 2020 and 2024 for around half of the raw materials examined.
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The ECA’s report highlights that China supplies 96% of the EU’s magnesium, which is used to make hydrogen-generating electrolyzers, while Turkey provides 99% of boron used in solar panels.
EU officials have for years attempted to improve the bloc’s access to raw materials, but the ECA’s report warns that moves so far—from giving space in trade agreements to mandating shifts in how the materials are used—have made little impact.
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