As China, Europe and the US race to secure the supply of critical raw materials for the energy transition, the EU’s answer has been the passage of the EU Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). It aims to boost the supply quickly and responsibly by selecting Strategic Projects across mining, refining, processing and recycling value chain. But does the project pipeline across Europe match the objectives set in law by 2030? And how should the projects be selected? Focusing on the four battery materials - cobalt, lithium, manganese and nickel - this paper outlines T&E’s analysis.