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Processing of raw materials by the producer countries themselves has frequently been recommended as an appropriate way for developing countries to increase their domestic value added and achieve positive employment effects. As against that, the following article suggests that Third World governments should not take hasty investment decisions in favour of processing raw materials since the effects on the national economy in terms of the cost-benefit ratio could well be more favourable in other branches of industry.

On September 3, 2020, the European Commission presented the Action Plan for Critical Raw Materials. One of the first steps in its implementation was the creation on September 29 of the European Raw Materials Alliance. It will bring together the efforts of industrial companies, research institutes, universities, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and trade unions. Brussels continues to implement the provisions of the EU's New Industrial Strategy on the support of industrial ecosystems. They are based on management organizations built on network principles of stakeholder interaction throughout the value chain. They are designed to ensure the energy and digital transition of the EU countries to a climate-neutral economy. The author analyzes the place of the European Raw Materials Alliance in the strategic autonomy of the EU, its relationship with the European Battery Alliance. He also considers tasks in the context of the stated Action Plan, management structure, participants and assesses the prospects of the new organization.