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Europe can boost its capabilities by maximising this expertise.",{"type":586,"attrs":714,"content":715},{"textAlign":49},[716],{"text":717,"type":591},"“Collaboration is the way forward,” said Roland Chavasse, secretary general of the International Lithium Association. “We would never promote isolation over collaboration.”",{"type":586,"attrs":719,"content":720},{"textAlign":49},[721],{"text":722,"type":591},"Funding mining operations in Europe can also be challenging. Although the EU says it will give “strategic projects” better access to funding, Parte expressed concern that the grant application process in Europe is more uncertain than in the US or China.",{"type":586,"attrs":724,"content":725},{"textAlign":49},[726],{"text":727,"type":591},"In recent years, Europe has made strides towards supporting the build out of a local supply chain through its policies, but there is room for improvement here.",{"type":586,"attrs":729,"content":730},{"textAlign":49},[731],{"text":732,"type":591},"“Having a more integrated approach towards the supply chain, industrial policy and strategy would help,” Michael Widmer, head of metals research at the Bank of America, told delegates.",{"type":586,"attrs":734,"content":735},{"textAlign":49},[736],{"text":737,"type":591},"In the US, the Inflation Reduction Act’s 45X production tax credits go some way to supporting domestic mining operations, and many Chinese operations are able to operate at a loss thanks to government support.",{"type":586,"attrs":739,"content":740},{"textAlign":49},[741],{"text":742,"type":591},"“We’re not asking for handouts,” emphasised Vulcan Energy’s chief executive Chris Moreno. “We just want to have a chance to be competitive.”",{"type":586,"attrs":744,"content":745},{"textAlign":49},[746],{"text":747,"type":591},"However, although policies can support competitiveness in the short to medium term, Imerys’ Parte noted that policies have end dates and that “you can’t rely on policy to be competitive long term.”","The lithium industry in Europe is heavily skewed towards chemical refining rather than the extraction of lithium through mining. The amount of lithium set to be mined in Europe this year is around a tenth the amount of forecasted lithium chemical production, on a lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) basis according to Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast. 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