This Week in Mining — Brussels (#21, 2026)
Commission refers Ireland to Court over peat; €100m Austrian cleantech aid approved; EP legal committee supports EU accession to environmental crime convention.
Mining (Brussels)
This is Queen Street Analytics' weekly digest of regulatory developments, legislative discussions and other government-related news coming out of Brussels and the EU member nations. This newsletter channel is subscribed to by many GR professionals representing miners, explorers and prospectors. Once a week, we break down the most important updates in this space in under five minutes.
This Week in Mining — Brussels (#20, 2026)
Critical Raw Materials Act: recovery list published; copper tube imports registered for anti-dumping; Rights for Nature ECI registered.
This Week in Mining — Brussels (#19, 2026)
Commission water law guidance published; EU-Greenland critical raw materials partnership; Fertiliser Action Plan addresses supply vulnerabilities.
This Week in Mining — Brussels (#18, 2026)
Commission consults on updated EU ETS benchmarks; Competitiveness Council meeting scheduled.
This Week in Mining — Brussels (#17, 2026)
Commission approves €5bn German aid for industrial decarbonisation; EU awards €1bn to hydrogen projects; ITRE adopts reports on coal, steel research; Council Competitiveness meeting announced.
This Week in Mining — Brussels (#16, 2026)
Parliament votes on ECHA regulation; ENVI opinion amends critical raw materials framework; Competitiveness Council meeting announced; new exposure limits for cobalt in mining sector.
This Week in Mining — Brussels (#15, 2026)
EU-US sign MoU on critical minerals; ITRE issues draft report on energy infrastructure; ITRE opinion on Temporary Decarbonisation Fund.