Tag: critical minerals

NRF building industry, not just scaling companies: Wilder

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A $200 million investment in Arafura Rare Earths will build local industry and should not be conceived as a one-off payment to a mining company, according to National Reconstruction...

Resource sector secures Future Made slowdown

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Albanese government has stripped out some of the urgency in its critical minerals push, risking a slower start in the global green energy race to assuage mining and...

Victoria sets priority sectors ahead of new industry policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Victoria will deliver a $20 million boost to five priority sectors, including advanced manufacturing and health technologies, through a new industry development fund. The fund, which will provide matched...

Victoria puts critical minerals approvals on fast track

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Victorian government will establish critical minerals priority development zones and centralise project approvals as part of a new roadmap designed to unlock rare earth deposits valued at an...

First rare earths refinery secures $475m govt loan

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia will get its first fully integrated rare earths refinery after the federal government responded to a call for investment from Iluka Resources and agreed to loan it $475...

Australia must find its place in the global AI economy

Posted on   |  by Helen Zhang
The global AI race is fully taking shape. Billions have been invested by leading frontier AI developers like OpenAI in the United States and Huawei in China. Beyond Washington...

$150m package to sustain WA battery material dream

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Lithium processors will not have to pay dues to the Western Australian government for the next two years as part of a $150 million package to keep the battery...

$55m in CRC-P grants for AI, hydrogen storage and MedTech

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Hydrogen storage, artificial intelligence and waste reduction are among the 23 projects to share in $55 million of funding through the the federal government’s Cooperative Research Centres project grants...