Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have asked the European Commission to establish a permanent taskforce to assess the EU’s access to minerals critical to hi-tech, defence and green industries.In the draft report on EU raw materials strategy, adopted by the Parliament’s industry committee last week, the Commission was asked to establish a ‘risk radar’’ for critical raw materials to analyse future needs, prices and the impact of shortages.MEPs called for the focus to be on rare earths and other minerals used in renewable...