Europe's Energy Metals Opportunity: Mining, Processing, and Competitive Supply

Europe's €300 billion battery gigafactory investment creates unlimited demand for lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite. Yet the continent controls less than 8% of the refining capacity needed to supply it. This session explores how European mining and processing developers can capture the mid-stream opportunity: accelerating projects through permitting, building cost-competitive refining capacity, and securing long-term offtake agreements with gigafactory planners. The focus: what successful European energy metals developers are doing now to win market position by 2030.