2026.03.19.
Booth and breakout sessions at Circular Entrepreneurship Congress
CRITICAL. was present with a booth at the Circular Entrepreneurship Congress in Utrecht (Netherlands), with 1200 attendees. In addition, we provided specific input based on our participation in two breakout sessions.
2026.02.26.
Pitching at Venture Capital Summit Nordhessen
CRITICAL. was one of five startups selected by Regionalmanagement Nordhessen to pitch in Kassel. Our Urban Mining Factory / Solar Panels project attracted considerable attention and interest.
2026.02.19.
Member of the NEN Critical Raw Materials Standards Committee
CRITICAL. has joined NEN's Critical Raw Materials Standards Committee. NEN brings together sector experts, to develop standards relevant to the Dutch market and to actively contribute to European and global (ISO) standards.
2026.02.05.
Meeting with incoming Canadian CRM trade delegation
CRITICAL. spoke with a delegation of Canadian startups in the field of Critical Raw Materials extraction/refinery on February 6, at the invitation of Amsterdam Trade & Invest. This has resulted in very useful contacts and a collaboration.
2025.12.18.
Panel discussion on Strategic Autonomy and Critical Raw Materials
CRITICAL. was a panelist, together with TNO and Stedin, at the iTanks & BlueCity Christmas Breakfast in Rotterdam. This event brought together entrepreneurs, policymakers, and innovators from the industry.
2025.12.01.
Circular Materials Plan, amendment due to our perspective
CRITICAL.'s perspective on high-quality mechanical and chemical separation has led to an amendment to the Circular Materials Plan, used by Dutch government bodies as an assessment framework under the Environmental Management Act.
2025.11.26.
Round Table: Securing supply of Rare Earths in the Netherlands
CRITICAL. participated, at the invitation of the Ministry of Infrastructure, in a Round Table session regarding the security of supply of Rare Earth metals, due to new export restrictions from December 2025 by China.
2025.11.25.
Participating in the Hessen Investor Summit, Frankfurt
CRITICAL. participated in the match making event of the Hessen Investor Summit in Frankfurt on Tuesday, November 25th 2025. We're sponsored by the Waldeck-Frankenberg district, for establishing our factory in Frankenberg.
2025.11.10.
Round Table: Stockpiling CRMs in the Netherlands
CRITICAL. participated in a Round Table session at the The Hague Center for Strategic Studies regarding the conditions for stockpiling Critical Raw Materials in the Netherlands.
2025.10.28.
Visiting the factory of Freiberger Compound Materials
CRITICAL. visited, as a member of the CLOSER consortium, Freiberger in Germany. Freiberger manufactures top-grade GaAs, InP, and GaN wafers. Approximately 60% of all mobile phones contain their materials.
2025.10.20.
Round Table: Future earning potential of the Netherlands (Report Wennink)
CRITICAL. participated in a Round Table session at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy on concrete public-private investments to boost the Netherlands' future earning capacity and Critical Raw Materials resilience.
2025.08.22.
Presenting at ID&T's Mysteryland in the context of circularity
CRITICAL. was invited by the municipality of Haarlemmermeer to give a presentation, on the need for (Critical) Raw Materials recovery from urban waste streams, to a select group of guests during the Mysteryland dance event.
2025.05.19.
Developing an Urban Mining Factory in Rotterdam, Netherlands
CRITICAL. was approached by the Port of Rotterdam to develop the Urban Mining Factory in a former 4700m2 warehouse, as part of the port's vision for facilitating Critical Raw Material projects. We are investigating the suitability.
2025.03.28.
Presenting at the Amsterdam Chemistry Innovation Day (ACID)
CRITICAL. was invited by the Amsterdam Chemistry Network, part of Green Chemistry - New Economy and by the City of Amsterdam, to give a presentation/pitch about its Urban Mining Factory at ACID.
2025.03.24.
Strategic Project under the Critical Raw Materials Act ('CRMA')
CRITICAL. was invited by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands to discuss the initial award of the Strategic Project application, and the subsequent rejection due to a 'Change of ownership' (takeover of the project by CRITICAL.).
2025.03.19.
Round Table: Critical Raw Materials; securing EU's supply chain resilience
CRITICAL. was invited to join the NL/EU high-level Round Table "Critical Raw Materials; securing Europe’s supply chain resilience" and presented its Urban Mining Factory project at the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
2025.02.12.
Official opening of the Netherlands Materials Observatory ('NMO')
CRITICAL. was invited to attend the official opening of the NMO. The NMO collects, manages, and provides data and knowledge on CRMs to help strengthen Europe's supply chains, resilience, and Circular Economy initiatives.
2025.01.23.
Developing the Urban Mining Factory in Frankenberg, Germany
CRITICAL. was approached by the Waldeck-Frankenberg Economic Development Agency to redevelop a former 9100m2 foundry. In this way, regional employment is retained and sustainable growth is achieved.
2024.12.24.
Continuing Circular Industries's Urban Mining Factory ('UMF) project
CRITICAL. acquired the IP, assets and certain agreements and/or rights of Circular Industries. The UMF project will be continued from 2025 and further expanded with additional Critical Raw Materials containing waste flows.
2024.12.16.
Presenting at Loops webinar series by Veltha
CRITICAL. was invited to present at LOOPS and discussed the importance of the recovery of Critical Raw Materials for the semiconductor sector, whose geopolitical dependencies are prioritised by the European Commission.
2024.10.17.
Presenting at the Dutch Embassy in Rome about Critical Raw Materials
CRITICAL. was invited to present at a bilateral session on the themes of circularity of Critical Raw Materials for chips and microelectronics production, at the request of the Dutch embassy in Rome.