The European Commission’s official press release announcing the first list of 47 Strategic Projects designated under the Critical Raw Materials Act in March 2025. The projects span mining, processing, and recycling across multiple critical materials and are intended to strengthen the European raw materials value chain and diversify supply away from single-source dependencies. Primary source for the “47 strategic projects” claim used in Break ground, close the loop; the White & Case alert (whitecase-2025.md) provides secondary legal interpretation of the same announcement.