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KEEP, BUILD, and PROTECT the EU’s brownfield and future production assets – the key message from Guido Janssen during the ‘Competitiveness in Europe: How far have we come in the past year? And where do we want to be?’ panel at the European Metals Annual Conference 2026. What remains the biggest challenge? Europe is now moving in the right policy direction, but implementation and speed are still the main hurdles. At Nyrstar - the European market leader in zinc and lead - we see this up close. Nyrstar supplies around 40% of the EU’s zinc demand and provides about 35% of the EU’s primary lead refining capacity, and has the opportunity to produce germanium, indium, antimony, and bismuth as byproducts of its current capabilities, placing us at the center of efforts to help the EU reach its goal of 40% self-sufficiency in critical raw materials. What will it take to get there? Watch Guido’s insights from the panel. A big thank-you to Kerstin Jorna and Judith Kirton-Darling for the thoughtful dialogue - and to James Watson and the European Metals team for making it happen. #CriticalMetals #EuropeanCompetitiveness #MadeInEurope #EUIndustry #IndustrialPolicy

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