The European Economic and Social Committee is holding an online event on 14 December 2020 (14h-18h) on “Blockchain technologies for the Mining Industry”. This event is a follow-up round table on our recently adopted opinion on Digital Mining in Europe: New solutions for the sustainable production of raw materials (CCMI/176). The event will examine what ... 
Blockchain technologies for the Mining Industry
Anastasia Bogdanova | December 7, 2020
The European Economic and Social Committee is holding an online event on 14 December 2020 (14h-18h) on “Blockchain technologies for the Mining Industry”. This event is a follow-up round table on our recently adopted opinion on Digital Mining in Europe: New solutions for the sustainable production of raw materials (CCMI/176). The event will examine what ... 
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