Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Dec 2025 | Inge Bernaerts Director | The Commission explained the different instruments in the competition toolbox (antitrust including horizontal cooperation, State aid, foreign subsidies), their relation to the sector/its challenges; presented the newly adopted RESourceEU action plan | SRC |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Inge Bernaerts Director | The Commission explained the different instruments in the competition toolbox (antitrust including horizontal cooperation, State aid, foreign subsidies), their relation to the sector/its challenges; presented the newly adopted RESourceEU action plan | — |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Ulla Schwager Head of Unit | The Commission explained the different instruments in the competition toolbox (antitrust including horizontal cooperation, State aid, foreign subsidies), their relation to the sector/its challenges; presented the newly adopted RESourceEU action plan | — |
| 11 Dec 2025 | Ulla Schwager Head of Unit | The Commission explained the different instruments in the competition toolbox (antitrust including horizontal cooperation, State aid, foreign subsidies), their relation to the sector/its challenges; presented the newly adopted RESourceEU action plan | SRC |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Aleksandra Kordecka Cabinet member | Exchange of views with industries in the raw materials value chain on current challenges and possible solutions to diversify and secure access to raw materials in view of the REsourcEU plan | — |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Aleksandra Kordecka Cabinet member | Exchange of views with industries in the raw materials value chain on current challenges and possible solutions to diversify and secure access to raw materials in view of the REsourcEU plan | SRC |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Marc Lemaitre Director-General | Second meeting of the European Startup and Scaleup Forum. Discussion on the draft building blocks of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy structured along the identified obstacles and possible solutions. | — |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Andras Inotai Acting Principal Adviser | Second meeting of the European Startup and Scaleup Forum. Discussion on the draft building blocks of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy structured along the identified obstacles and possible solutions. | — |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Andras Inotai Acting Principal Adviser | Second meeting of the European Startup and Scaleup Forum. Discussion on the draft building blocks of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy structured along the identified obstacles and possible solutions. | SRC |
| 25 Apr 2025 | Marc Lemaitre Director-General | Second meeting of the European Startup and Scaleup Forum. Discussion on the draft building blocks of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy structured along the identified obstacles and possible solutions. | SRC |
| 06 Feb 2025 | Stefan Leiner Head of Unit | Exchange of view on the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), Circular Materials’ technology for recovering metals from waste water and the role of the IED for promoting innovative technologies. | SRC |
| 06 Feb 2025 | Stefan Leiner Head of Unit | Exchange of view on the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), Circular Materials’ technology for recovering metals from waste water and the role of the IED for promoting innovative technologies. | — |
Mission & Goals
Circular Materials is a deep tech scale up located in Padova (1000sqm pilot plant, 5 production lines). We recover over 99% of precious and non-precious metals trapped in industrial wastewaters as ultrafine powdersthat are ready to be directly valorized as sustainable secondary raw materials. We address an urgent trilemma facing Europe and the world: (i) supply chain resilience in the critical raw material space; (ii) abatement of environmental pollution in landfills and natural water systems; and (iii) preservation of water for industrial uses. Our company’s area of expertise is the low environmental impact extraction of critical raw materials from industrial wastewater at market-beating recovery rates; we recover any precious and non-precious metals from water matrices of any complexity.
EU Legislative Interests
Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) ResourceEU
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
EIT Raw Materials European Raw Materials Alliance European Metals Association