The green transition runs on metals, and the Western Balkans may be sitting on the most strategically important untapped opportunity on Europe’s borders. With an estimated 344 million tonnes of tailings, slags, and red mud worth upwards of $18.7 billion in critical raw materials, copper, chromium, lithium, rare earths, scandium, and more, the region is […] The post Are the Balkans the Key to Europe’s Critical Raw Materials? A Debrief with Rizos, Adams & Pop appeared first on Atlantic Council .