Launching of OFREMI - French Observatory of Mineral Resources for Industrial Sectors

Name: Launching of OFREMI - French Observatory of Mineral Resources for Industrial Sectors | BRGM
Start: 2022-11-29T13:00:00+0100
End: 2022-11-29T13:00:00+0100

The 29 November 2022 - Paris

Following the recommendations of the Varin report, BRGM, CEA, IFPEN, Ademe, IFRI and CNAM, with the support of the CSF Mines et Métallurgie, have created the French Observatory of Mineral Resources for Industrial Sectors (OFREMI). The launch will take place on 29 November 2022, under the patronage of the Minister for Energy Transition.

OFREMI logo (Observatoire français des ressources minérales pour les filières industrielles).

How can we guarantee the availability of strategic resources and access to them for our major industrial sectors for the coming decades?

Following the recommendations of the Varin report, BRGM, CEA, IFPEN, Ademe, IFRI and CNAM, with the support of the CSF Mines et Métallurgie, created OFREMI (Observatoire Français des Ressources Minérales pour les Filières Industrielles), a responsive, forward-looking and permanent economic intelligence unit, to provide input for public authorities and industry.

By invitation only

Launch of OFREMI - 29 November 2022

The OFREMI (French observatory of mineral resources for industrial sectors) was launched on 29 November 2022 in the presence of the Ministers for Energy Transition, Ms Pannier-Runacher, and Industry, Mr Lescure. Initiated by the government following the Varin report on securing supplies of critical metals, and supported by BRGM, this observatory brings together the skills of the main French players in strategic metals.

Introduction by Philippe Varin
Speech by Agnès Pannier-Runacher
Speech by Roland Lescure
Speech by Michelle Rousseau, President of BRGM
Speech by Christel Bories, President of ERAMET
Presentation of OFREMI by Christophe Poinssot, Deputy CEO of BRGM, and Stéphane Bourg, Director of OFREMI
Round table of OFREMI members
Round table of representatives of industrial sectors
Round table of representatives of ministries
Conclusion by Peter Handley of the European Commission