Antimony plays an important role in a wide range of European value chains, from energy storage and fire safety to mobility, defence and industrial manufacturing.
i2a engages with policymakers and stakeholders to ensure that antimony's contribution to European industry and society is understood and appropriately reflected in EU policy. Our priorities focus on four key areas: secure supply, circularity, science-based chemicals management and European industrial resilience.
Secure & Resilient Antimony Supply
Strengthening Europe's access to a critical raw material
Antimony is recognised by the European Union as a Critical Raw Material due to its economic importance and supply risk. Its applications extend into sectors that Europe considers strategically important, including defence, energy, mobility and industrial technologies.
With global antimony supply highly concentrated, building more resilient and diversified supply chains has become increasingly important for European industry.
i2a supports policies that strengthen the security, diversity and resilience of Europe's antimony supply and ensure that its role in European value chains is appropriately recognised.
This is particularly relevant to the EU Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), which aims to strengthen European raw-material value chains and improve security and diversification of supply.
Circularity & Recycling
Keeping valuable materials in the European economy
Antimony can remain a valuable resource beyond its first use. Effective collection, recovery and recycling can reduce reliance on primary raw materials while contributing to Europe's circular economy and security of supply.
i2a supports policies that facilitate the collection, recovery and recycling of antimony-containing materials and enable secondary raw materials to move efficiently across borders.
Regulation should recognise the realities of complex material streams and ensure that chemicals, products and waste legislation work together to support circularity.
Chemicals Policy & Risk Management
Science-based regulation for safe and sustainable use
i2a supports a robust European chemicals policy that protects people and the environment while recognising the essential functions that materials provide to society.
Regulatory decisions should be based on sound science, exposure and risk, and take into account the specific uses and lifecycle of individual substances.
Policies should be proportionate, predictable and coherent across regulatory frameworks, enabling the safe and responsible use of antimony while providing industry with the regulatory certainty needed to invest and innovate.
Competitiveness & Industrial Resilience
Keeping essential value chains in Europe
A resilient European economy requires access not only to raw materials but also to the industrial capacity needed to process, manufacture, use and recycle them.
Antimony supports European manufacturing and a range of important downstream industries. Maintaining these capabilities is an important part of strengthening Europe's economic security and reducing strategic dependencies.
i2a supports an EU policy framework that enables industry to invest, innovate and operate competitively in Europe while maintaining high environmental and social standards.