critical minerals

Australia has joined an international partnership that seeks to develop and secure global supply chains for critical minerals crucial to the transition to clean energy.

Western Australia has welcomed a ministerial level delegation from India as a major step in the Australia–India Critical Minerals Investment Partnership.

The New South Wales Government will invest a further $1.5 million to support explorers to search for new deposits of critical minerals and high-tech metals essential for the manufacture of batteries, electric vehicles and other renewable technologies.

Geoscience Australia has reported significant increases in Australia’s inventories of critical mineral resources. 

The WA resources sector has welcomed election promises that would see greenfields agreements increase to up to six years.

Curtin University will partner with the University of Queensland, James Cook University, and 33 company partners to develop a research hub.

The 2021-22 Australian resources and energy export earnings forecast shows that figures will soar to a record-high of $425 billion.

The resources sector will be one of the main beneficiaries after the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement was officially signed, making exports to India cheaper and creating huge new opportunities for workers and businesses.

Australia and the United States are working together on key challenges like building secure supply chains and facilitating a clean transition.

The Federal Government has signed a detailed MoU with India to identify lithium and cobalt mineral assets.

Measures in the 2022-23 Federal Budget worth more than $250 million will build stronger regions and strengthen Australia’s critical minerals sector to become more globally competitive, according to Minister for Resources Keith Pitt.

The Federal Government has added two more minerals to the critical minerals list as part of its 2022 Critical Minerals Strategy. High purity alumina (HPA) and silicon were added to a list of 26 critical minerals which also includes cobalt, lithium, manganese, titanium and vanadium. Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt said further diversification … Continue reading Silicon, HPA recognised in Critical Minerals Strategy →

The Federal Government has committed $50 million over three years to establish the virtual National Critical Minerals Research and Development Centre, which will draw together expertise from CSIRO, Geoscience Australia, and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.

The Federal Government has dedicated $243 million across Australia’s critical minerals industry to reduce the country’s reliance on Chinese resources.

Drone technology has allowed researchers from Curtin University to study the potential of mining asteroids as a source of rare elements, following the successful discovery of a meteorite in Western Australia.

The Australian Government has allocated $5.8 million to the three-year Australia-India Critical Minerals Investment Partnership.

The global acceleration toward decarbonisation will be a significant boost to Western Australia’s critical and battery minerals sectors. according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA’s (CCIWA) Outlook report.

The MCA and KOMIR have signed an MoU that will strengthen cooperation on the exploration and development of critical minerals in Australia.

The Queensland Government’s Collaborative Exploration Initiative (CEI) has handed 13 companies the opportunity to develop the state’s “next wave of resources jobs” in new economy minerals.

The SA Government has launched a challenge focussed on growing the state’s critical minerals processing and manufacturing capabilities.