All content relating to the BRGM’s activities in Europe.

Electronic waste in the BRGM Plat'inn hall (Orléans, 2021).
Reference, completed project
FutuRaM: an EU project to plan and map the supply of critical metals obtained from recycling
15 Jul 2026
Erretegia Beach, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
News
Coastal areas: a call for expressions of interest to support local authorities
10 Jun 2026
Monitoring the movement of diesel fuel in the multi-metric pilot of PRIME, BRGM's experimental platform dedicated to the remediation of polluted soil and groundwater.
Article
How can our soil be saved?
13 May 2026
"Key figures" infographic from the journal Géosciences, No. 29, entitled Raconter la Terre (Talking about Earth).
Infographic
Geological heritage and scientific outreach: key figures for 2026
8 Apr 2026
The CoCliCo (Coastal Climate Core Services) platform.
Reference, completed project
CoCliCo: an open-access web platform to inform decision-making on coastal risks
1 Apr 2026
On 3 March 2026, in Toronto, Canada, BRGM, the French national geological survey, and the Department of Geology of the Government of Greenland signed a cooperation agreement.
News
Strategic mineral resources: an agreement between Greenland and France
9 Mar 2026
BRGM installed an 80 m3 pilot unit on the PRIME platform to characterise the infiltration into the subsoil of the PFAS contained in fire-fighting foams.
Reference, completed project
PFAS: Towards the treatment of forever pollutants
30 Jun 2025
Sampling of alabaster from the tomb of the Hessian landgrave, Germany
Video content
The alabaster routes: from rock to work of art
30 Jun 2025
The subsidence study covered 41,000 coastal flood plains in Europe, particularly those with critical infrastructure and activities, such as the port of Arès in the Arcachon basin in the Gironde department of south-west France.
Reference, completed project
The very first European map of coastal subsidence
27 Jun 2025
Thermas de Sao Pedro do Sul (Portugal).
Current project
ThermEcoWat: strengthening the resilience of thermal water ecosystems
26 Jun 2025
Sinkhole in a coal mine (Saint-Etienne, 2021)
Current project
SIRIMA: Managing the hazard and risk of sinkholes, or localized collapses, associated with former coal mines
29 Apr 2025
May Britt Myhr, Director of NGU, and Christophe Poinssot, Deputy Director General of BRGM, at the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the two geological surveys on 31 March 2025.
Press release
The French and Norwegian Geological Surveys formalise a partnership
4 Apr 2025