Europe is entering a decisive period in transforming its metals, minerals, and materials ecosystem. For decades, the continent relied on global markets for ores, concentrates, and refined materials, e
From power flows to industrial costs: How EU electricity volatility reshapes competitiveness in southeast Europe
For decades, electricity was treated by industry as a predictable input. Prices fluctuated within narrow bands, supply security was largely taken for granted, and energy strategy focused on efficiency
Flexibility without reward: Why southeast Europe balances Europe’s power system but captures none of the value
In the emerging architecture of Europe’s electricity system, flexibility has become the most valuable attribute a power asset can possess. The ability to ramp output quickly, absorb surplus generation
Europe’s variable power system: How wind, solar and nuclear reshaped electricity flows from the EU core to southeast Europe
For most of the past half-century, Europe’s electricity system could be understood through a relatively simple lens. Power was generated close to where it was consumed, national systems were planned a
Carbon borders and industrial geography: Serbia at the crossroads of electricity, mining, and CBAM-driven near-shoring
The expansion of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is quietly redefining Serbia’s position in Europe’s industrial map. What was once framed as a peripheral regulatory issue—relevant mainly to pri
Rising energy costs: Serbia’s emerging industrial bottleneck
For most of the last two decades Serbia’s industrial competitiveness was framed around familiar variables: labour cost, tax stability, logistics access to the EU, and a reasonably priced electricity s
Serbia as Europe’s hydrogen hub: From transit geography to hydrogen-ready metallurgy and industrial strength (2030–2045)
Europe’s hydrogen transition will not be decided by how many gigawatts of electrolysers are announced, nor by how ambitious national strategies appear on paper. It will be decided by corridors. Hydrog
Hydrogen metallurgy: Europe’s industrial future and Serbia’s strategic opportunity
Europe’s decarbonisation agenda is accelerating faster in steel and metallurgy than in almost any other heavy industry. The European Green Deal, CBAM implementation, rising carbon costs, corporate ESG
Rare earths, magnet materials, and Serbia’s strategic role in Europe’s critical materials landscape (2026–2035)
Europe’s industrial transition cannot proceed without rare-earth elements and the magnet materials derived from them. The motors that drive electric vehicles, the turbines that power offshore wind far
Serbia’s engineering rise: The hidden backbone of Europe’s metals and materials economy
Europe’s race to rebuild its metals, minerals and advanced-materials ecosystem is reshaping industrial strategy across the continent. Smelters, refineries, processing plants, battery-chemical lines, r