as we've seen, there are many factors holding it back, such as the country's history. it's reliance on the u. s. and the question of financing. all that makes it unlikely that germany will be leading europe's defense any time soon of the day or the raw materials of the future. lifting young cobalt and other rare hurts, but essentially the 4 digit total ization and the energy transition. everyone needs these materials. so i'm have done, others have to import them. that's expensive, but more importantly it creates dependencies. now the you wants to achieve what seems impossible, breaking free from its reliance on china and other countries, but cannot even be done. also on may

today marble a symbol of power and prosperity for centuries. the 4 day work week, a possible alternative to the 5 day week and night hours chill out during the day and be productive at night. lithium cobalt and re or it's or the oil and gas of the future. not only china, but also the us, the you and the rest of the world now understands this. the you wants to achieve this seemingly impossible and didn't record time. it wants to become independent of china, make up for the last several decades of raw material dependence. not antagonize the local population with drilling and mining, and at the same time, mine record quantities of new raw materials from europe and soil. but does that, you really have a chance of achieving raw material independence and can meet it's and vicious

sustainability goals. and that's the ones that as a united europe, we have to try to make ourselves more independent. i used to reduce the dependency on china in particular, but also on other countries when it comes to individual role materials from the that's why the e. u has now decided, for example, with the critical rule materials act, which is effectively a european rule materials know to again, invest in its own capacities. so mining us there, i'm processing and it's sort of my cycling. but i miss recycling the, the rare, or it's graphite, and other critical raw materials are essential for high tech industries. you know, it was just interest 1015 geologically. it's interesting that we now have many of the role materials we need for the transformation in europe. is just that quite

a lot has been outsourced to other countries in recent decades as i was canada in another lender that is set to change the coming decades. battery and processing factories are springing up in many parts of the u. 10 companies and started ups are working on building raw material loops for the future. new mining is being planned, some experts or even talking about a new mining era. one example is the real change your mind in. i'm to lose the, in the south of spain. after environmental disasters and economic decline under lucy is minds are now suddenly and response. i. every thing stood still here for many years because copper was too cheap. no copper prices are up again, and it's worth the enormous effort to midland dissolved just 0.38 percent copper from the rock or so it was a treasure for end to lose the end. the european energy transition

a little bit. the resource rich region of under the z a could play a decisive role from the targeted 10 percent of strategically important barometer areas that artic come from the e. u in the future. many put to qualify for the you know, partly because 17 of the 17 critical minerals are located in under lucio notify us . that's why that will be new mines, but they are unlikely to create large craters. in the end, delusions, soil compromising just 20 kilometers from seville, shows of the sectors changing everything is in place here for further underground mining in the future. there's still plenty of copper deep in the ground. that means kind of horse and underground mine is less conspicuous. we believe that this is the most sensible, profitable, and sustainable way. probably muscle to enable it for us a lot more. i mean, that's what i need. when the mind starts operating under ground, again,

it will no longer just be cover. that company is developed a chemical process that extracts even more from the rock, namely zinc led and silver. the company also is using the pilot planned to extract cobalt from the rock. with the help of bacteria. cobalt is a vital element for e mobility and something is also happening in the you when it comes to refining raw materials in order to make progress in battery production. raw materials such as lithium are crucial. but in order to obtain battery great materials, the raw material has to be chemically processed. the chemical company based in frankfurt, germany has been building up expertise and these refining steps for 5 years. in order to understand each individual step precisely and leader be able to control them, they're still putting the finishing touches on what could be the largest lithium

refinery in europe. initially, the plan was to produce $20000.00 tons of lithium hydroxide per year. but since the price of lithium products as collapsed investments are now difficult, people uh, very, very cautious putting money into the lithium project at this point. because with the current price level, it's very hard to make an investment case actually bought a m g received 5500000 euros from the german state of section 8 and hugs to the plant there. and some european governments want to provide further funding for the development of their own raw materials infrastructure. the 1st contracts have already been signed with customers throughout europe. and construction is also underway in northeastern europe. the 1st plan for european production of what are called permanent magnets for e. v motors is currently being built in norway. estonia such magnets are

indispensable for electric motors, wind turbines, and other clean energy technologies that the e. u is increasingly relying on. but here to there was a major challenge. so today about 90 percent of all rivers magnetics are manufactured in china. that's a real challenge. it's a real challenge for our global williams. it's a real challenge for our customers. it's a real challenge for all of the global economy because of the size and impact to the automotive industry. so once you acknowledge that you can't have that type of concentration in any one single jurisdiction, you have to look think through the importance of how do you diversify this diversification. that's already begun in the 100 year old minds of the form of oil show factory. and so i'm not far from the construction site in norway. wherever mentos are process to you in a complex multi stage process. we use internal use for the production of highly sought after permanent magnets in the electrical industry. in

a few years time permanent magnets for 2 and a half 1000000 cars are to be produced here in norway every year. together with the production site for rare arts and so much europe will finally become less dependent on imports from china. so much with the plan. but what are the downsides? what price with local nature and the residents pay for the expected turbo mining in the coming decades? the enough money for guessing does we mustn't forget that the population also has to be involved in currently for example, this the case of serbia, the plans lithium project to feel strongly in mining company. rio tend to, has been in the news. but since this clearly shows what can happen when the population is ignored of what it for, for the project was stopped around 2 years ago. and the following question from pro

tax was because the environmental impact was deemed to be serious. kind of the special had a vision. i'm just now 2 years later, the project has now been restarted by other speak. or what are this project um, invest yourself, what do you have to be done to find a box? what do certain, however, is that the you not only wants to become less dependent on raw materials, it also wants to create new recycling loops. they've had me come to that. we will never be completely self sufficient when it comes to the supply of roll minerals. but we want to be less dependent and we can achieve this by producing processing and recycling more of our own liking whether the use capable of involving the local population, not harming ecological systems. and establishing a circular self sufficient economy remains to be seen.

arg requires marble and great art demands, a very special kind. one of the finest sources is tuscany in italy, where it's cut from massive chords. we've visited one to see how this prize material fused in grand palaces and elegant villas is carefully sliced from solid rock. at an elevation of 1000 meters, one of the world's most precious materials is mind and easily. the only here can you find the finest marble. the its exceptional quality was also reviewed by renaissance sumpter, michelangelo. a single blocks can cost over $10000.00 bureaus and producing

fine marble slabs take several days. battalion marble has been mind in the colorado region for over 2000 years, but it's in the poor in the region. that's the most expensive marvel in the world is extracted geologist, done in the month to bonnie and his team produce thousands of tons of it every year in the us. that's why the model is this. that's why you can't recognize and start to audio because not hold the why is the same why? these one, if you put against flights, you see the lights passing through it. it's because of the gray. it's because of the background. the region lines on each of these western mediterranean coast and

the mining rights belong to the company and vote. it can take up to 20 hours for workers to cut a piece from the rock face using huge band saws. chain saws are used for the horizontal cuts, this is what creates the blocks which need to be taped over to transport something . to do this, they place a cushion into the gap, which is inflated bit by bit, which is are used to keep the gap open while the slab is pulled over. this block weighs 120 tons. sometimes they break because the marble corrects along the veins. but the remaining pieces can still be used. geologists have to precisely maps of different kinds of marble found on the mountain. because customers can order from a variety of patterns of clothing through the project. so to the client, we need to add certain partners. so we have to try to make the blogs the most suitable as possible for the commissions that we have. so here,

checking for the production process for the company. several times a day, the blocks are transported down the valley by truck. it takes many hours to create tablets like these that pickering buildings, but more on that later, at, on the lowest production facility. the blocks waiting up to 60 tons of 1st registered in this all new, they're cut into fine slabs. this process alone can take 20 hours from one morning to the next geno gene quine use the head of a sawmill and for his job he needs not only a lot of patients, but also a lot of water. i mean, got one wishing requires about $1000.00 leaders per minute or even more, but it's recycled water. it's never use just once. it's in a cycle. it's water that gets cleaned and reused in

a class circuit here might. yeah. anybody, if you got there, you go use that. he's on almost all the stone songs, have industrial diamonds to make them hotter than marble. the next day, the cuts, lambs are polished. first, they receive a resin layer. this is leader sam get off, but the reson fills the marbles here, lying cranks, and makes it some the cost up to $300.00 euros per square meter and can be very thing from several centimeters down to 5 millimeters. polishing is done with brushes, rubber and diamonds tools. there are different types of marble, white, black, and red green. we need to polish each one the right way. the marble is then cut to the right shape for its purpose. these here are in tiles of the projects on ro supplies, including mosques in the abu dhabi corporate headquarters in the us and to

luxurious floor coverings. in the final stages, the pieces are assembled based on their color patterns to make sure they look their best once they're on display. the total kindly is the head and owner of the 200 year old company, just being worried that the marble mountain which his company owns might one day be completely gone. the volume we are talking about 1000 are here. so our quantity that these are the as the symbol you just the mean, you might have the expected, you know, we are not the must see consumer itself blocks or a lower quality white statuary. marble is the core business of the company embracing the times. they've also invested in 3 d technology to create art

sculptures, drawing on both their manual skills and robotics as part of their marketing strategy. the company is collaborated with renowned artist, such as hinds aarp henry moore and tony crack are to advise to develop our modern technology. so today i roll, he's the only company that 30 percent architectural design and rocks you never the daily composition of our work. subjugation to nurture the next generation. the company partners with the local vocational school students here are working on and i, inspired by michelangelo's david the sculptor also used marble from the ranch. the. the honors here are still at the summit, but they're making their way down the marble mountain one block at a time.

it's beautiful, elegant and expensive, which is why you won't find it in every stairwell. but where does this extraordinary material? a staple of grand palaces actually come from. it's a story that began long ago as early as 700 b. c. models symbolized power and prosperity, the white gold of stone phone, david thousands of years. model results from tectonic pressure on teach, transforming limestone, and other settlements. deep within yet, this process creates its signature. a person's been a model, comes from the ancient greek word, mom, or else meaning shimmering or shining. that's why model is often used with sculpture. it's the way it reflects light brings them to life. the 1st model was call read all greek islands like pearls. the venus demila was carved from perry and

model. model has also known being used in the construction of grand buildings, from the gyptian, their lives to the acropolis in athens, and ask about the capital of to administer tia an entire city was built from white model. the most highest white model has been call read and cut out a. it's an a since around $200.00 b. c was used for michelangelo's david but model doesn't always have to be expensive. it's available from china or india. so just a few euros per square meter. this model is often used to surfaces, like table lakes and tops many a simply a cheapest stone with a model like finish. blaine has also become trendy as a print button, including in the fashion industry. and finally, an owner as model is a classic of

a different kind. the well famous model k a 4 day work week with full pay. sounds great. but is it realistic? a german pilot study with $45.00 companies put it to the test. the result, in many cases it works 73 percent plan to keep it, but there can be downside of 4 day working week makes it possible to own a dog and spend time with it. yes mean already go heart has been working for days a week instead of 5 for a year now or salaries the same, but she now has fridays saturdays and sundays. all her employer wants to be more attractive to employees and it's working. so i just love,

i've always wanted to have a dog, but so okay, can i manage that alongside my job because of the 4 day week is encourage me to take the risk and give it a go to pull. the judge mean works for an id company in munich to ensure that everything is done and for days managing director, marching pharma has cut, meeting times and introduced so called focus times, among other things. these are times when the work should not be disturbed by phone calls. emails or text messages before the sites women's testers x. these need to focus time. let's you say i'm going to take a 2 hour session and concentrate fully and switch off all other media. i get almost as much done as i usually do in a whole day. when i'm being disturbed all the time, so that just means is responsible for the staff. the 4 day week is also intended to attract skilled workers. she advertises the shorter working hours on social media and a scene applications increase because um,

so they find it very exciting that we really want to get involved in that we're trying it out. and also open to these new working models are kind of and the feedback is always positive. a clear don't have cause some people are still if i forget to go to whether it were reading what for them. but actually please that we want to go down as of in less than that, that side, about 400 kilometers. further north of the central german city, a volume our window manufacturer, oil also try it out a 4 day week and like in munich, the daily working hours were increased from 8 to 9. the trial was not a success. the company is now working 5 days again, window manufacturer krist bestbuy's, disappointed. he would have liked to keep his fridays off work model model. and then thought i could just do things with my family on that day. or i could do household chores, and they also scheduled all my appointments, like doctors appointments on fridays all time. you know,

obviously i them quite. a survey showed that one 3rd of employees were dissatisfied with the 4 day week. family reasons were cited more than any other 1st time value chose head of marketing. the 9 hour working day was too long. i had sent you an order as much man of i just don't want to be picking up my children from kindergarten or school, so have 4 o'clock. so i'm glad that we're back to the 5 day week. i finish work here at 2 pm again now and have more time with my kids. can oakside, let's think managing director having lupa hope to attract skilled workers with the 4 day week. but customer contract has suffered as a result. partly because the company found it difficult to respond to spontaneous customer request. tim, i'm fixing to say that refund on mechanics was on monday. then i know fucking somebody we've launched flexibility and the flexibility is actually the biggest advantage that small and medium sized businesses have. big list of what i remember

to spend hot on the documents for long in the berlin based management consultancy interpreter teamed up with the university of munster to trial the 4 day week and 45 companies. the results were largely positive. 73 percent of the companies kept the 4 day week after the trial and i knew attending the summit that she talked about. they are some companies that are advertising the 4 day week are receiving 3 times as many applications because that's a large number, especially when there's a shortage of skilled worker. but there are also other effects by time employee retention to higher productivity. if you were meetings more focus on the core business and all very positive event. and the set of a set up was a tv effective employee health and satisfaction of also increased as in yes means case she has more time for her dog and sports. and with that, one of her employers goals of retaining skilled workers with the 4 day week has

been achieved. are you an early riser? then euro lark prefer working in the evening and staying up late. that makes you a night owl and a workplace. both types are still tied to common cliches. watson noise channels. everyone's a sleep pump from one a night town with what come down. life is a nice, how is anything but easy? in germany, the beds are actually in the minority. morning logs skipped up around 7 am and go to sleep. it's about 11 at night. nights. house go to sleep much later and guess how late to take that busy when everyone else is asleep. but does that mean then

raising the idea that morning lock so more productive has been around for a long time. the early bird gets the 1st come, 1st serve, but nights house just as productive, it turns out it might be trendy to go to the gym and then start work before doing foot for a nice house. that's a nightmare. that's just not when they're at the best tired with because cost the gym and economy nearly 57000000000 years. in some profession, the th can be dangerous. a pilot search in peace ties can cost nights working from home has made life easier for a nice house and may be a quick, not the good help to the

10. why not time off work is set to boost productivity significantly. that is already standard in many corporations. that's it for this edition of made, take care. it's to use the

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