Tag: critical minerals

$14m battery growth centre to be run by CRC

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Powering Australia Industry Growth Centre will be run by a cooperative research centre, with the Albanese government awarding $14 million to the WA-based Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research...

$40m to secure Australia’s rare earths supply chain

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A $40 million grants program designed to build resilience into the local critical minerals supply chain and reduce Australia’s reliance on China has been launched by the Albanese government....

Govt adds critical minerals link to NAIF mandate

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s investment mandate has been updated to tie it more closely to the government’s critical minerals strategy, emissions reduction targets, and ambition to become a...

Cheap nickel endangering Aust battery ambitions

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Growing cost pressures and falling prices are putting the $1.8 billion Australian nickel industry at risk, threatening long-term processing and manufacturing opportunities in the battery value chain, according to...

$22m for three govt-led critical minerals research projects

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Three research projects aimed at growing Australia’s critical minerals industry have been funded through the federal government’s Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub. Resources minister Madeleine King announced $22...

Australia creates ‘strategic’ critical minerals list

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A strategic materials list has been released alongside the federal government’s updated critical minerals list to identify commodities that are “essential for the energy transition, but which are not...

Indonesia signs up with Australia for EV supply chain push

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia will “advance mutually beneficial cooperation” with Indonesia on the electric vehicle supply chain, including in battery manufacturing and critical minerals processing to lessen the current reliance on China....