Bringing innovation from research to industry - this is the main objective of the EIT RawMaterials, which is funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) . The EIT RawMaterials is the world's largest and most important consortium in the field of raw materials, with over 128 business partners from industry, research and academia from a total of 27 EU member states.

The consortium aims to strengthen the competitiveness, growth and attractiveness of the European raw materials sector, which is to be achieved primarily through intensive support for innovation and entrepreneurship. The activities are aimed at the entire European raw materials ecosystem and are managed by the transnational Co-Location Centres (CLC) and the headquarters in Berlin. The "EIT RawMaterials - Regional Centre Freiberg (RCF)" is part of the CLC East.