Minerals consortia move to crystallise REACH SIEFs

The European Industrial Minerals Association (IMA-Europe) has developed a way of driving the substance information exchange fora (SIEF) process forward via the consortia it has established to jointly prepare for the REACH registration of a number of minerals. Emma Chynoweth reports. Many minerals, as natural materials, are exempt from REACH; however, minerals that have been chemically modified during processing are not and have been duly...