Tag: critical minerals

Rare earths should be included in AUKUS: Kim Beazley

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Former Defence minister Kim Beazley has called for critical minerals to be included as “another leg” of the AUKUS agreement to break the dependence of Western democracies on China,...

$250m loan for Pilbara lithium plant

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A $250 million loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and Export Finance Australia will support the expansion of a lithium mining and processing site in the Pilbara, Western...

Albanese slims down critical minerals support grants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will retain key critical minerals initiatives announced by the Coalition in March but will reduce the competitive grants on offer and stretch research funding, as...

Mining the foundation of energy transition: Albanese

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed his eagerness to collaborate with the mining sector to reduce carbon emissions and support domestic industry in the global competition to supply renewable...

Mineral exploration booms to meet energy transition demand

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Mineral exploration expenditure reached the second highest on record in financial year 2021-22, buoyed by record spends on the search for essential materials in the production of electronics and...

‘Value-add here’: PM wants new approach to next resources boom

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
More of the Australian critical and rare earth minerals underpinning the global energy transition should be processed onshore, the Prime Minister says, acknowledging a national opportunity of resource extraction...

Cost of developing battery industry not modelled by govt

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Commonwealth government has yet to produce modelling on the cost of developing a battery cell manufacturing industry in Australia, but remains committed to its election commitment to produce...