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Canberra grants major status to renewables projects

The federal government has granted major project status to two large-scale renewable energy projects, including one aimed at boosting the supply of a key input for solar panels and...

Quad countries pledge cooperation on critical minerals to boost supply

2 July 2025 | by Trish Everingham

Australia, India, Japan and the United States have pledged to work together to strengthen and diversify global critical minerals supply chains, as the countries deepen their strategic economic coordination...

Australia’s critical minerals reserve must be strategic, not symbolic

29 May 2025 | by Eli Hayes and Darren Lim

China’s recent export restrictions on key critical minerals — an apparent response to renewed US tariffs under President Trump — are reminding the world of Beijing’s dominant grip on...

Qld’s critical minerals testbed facility moves forward

22 May 2025 | by Justin Hendry

A critical minerals commercialisation hub first promised for Queensland more than two years ago has taken a big step forward, with construction now underway on the first-of-its-kind facility. Deputy...

All Albanese’s innovation sweeteners from the election

5 May 2025 | by Justin Hendry

With Anthony Albanese and Labor claiming a decisive victory at the weekend’s election, attention now turns to the second-term government’s ambitious agenda for the next three years. Buffeted by...

Critical Minerals, Critical Questions: Is Stockpiling Enough?

2 May 2025 | by Ehsan Farahbakhsh

The Australian government’s new $1.2 billion critical minerals stockpile plan appears to be more of a political statement than a transformative industrial policy. While some headlines have framed it...

Pentagon’s AI metals program goes private to boost Western supply

2 May 2025 | by Ernest Scheyder

A US government-created artificial intelligence program that aims to predict the supply and price of critical minerals has been transferred to the control of a non-profit organisation that is...

‘It makes sense’: PM digs in on critical minerals reserve

30 April 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has weathered criticism about his plan to buy and stockpile critical minerals and rare earths in a strategic reserve, saying the national interest trumps miners’...

Plans to stockpile critical minerals will help Australia weather global uncertainty

28 April 2025 | by Professor Mohan Yellishetty

The world needs huge quantities of critical minerals to make batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, mobile phones, computers and advanced weaponry. Many of these minerals lie under Australian soil....

Labor to tip $1.2bn into critical minerals reserve

24 April 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia will begin stockpiling critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and silicon from 2026 to insulate against geopolitical shocks and build up a fledgling processing industry if Labor is re-elected....

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Canberra grants major status to renewables projects

Quad countries pledge cooperation on critical minerals to boost supply

Australia’s critical minerals reserve must be strategic, not symbolic

Qld’s critical minerals testbed facility moves forward

All Albanese’s innovation sweeteners from the election

Critical Minerals, Critical Questions: Is Stockpiling Enough?

Pentagon’s AI metals program goes private to boost Western supply

‘It makes sense’: PM digs in on critical minerals reserve

Plans to stockpile critical minerals will help Australia weather global uncertainty

Labor to tip $1.2bn into critical minerals reserve

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