Vítor Correia, EFG President, and Ruth Allington, EFG Past President and current PERC Treasurer, were moderators in two sessions of the “Workshop on best practices on mining policies and technologies”, organised by the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry. The workshop was held in Brussels on 12 and 13 June, and attended by high-level representatives from the national authorities and industry from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, USA and the EU.