Tag: Rare earths

Townsville to host $75m critical minerals processing plant

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Townsville will host a new $75 million state-owned critical minerals processing demonstration plant after the Queensland government secured the land earlier this month. The demonstration plant is currently the...

$50m Coalition-era critical minerals program opens

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Backers of critical minerals projects will have to showcase their efforts to address workplace gender equality and engage First Nations Australians when applying for a share of $50 million...

Aust-US begin strategic industries partnership

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The inaugural Australia-United States Strategic Commercial Dialogue was held last Thursday, cementing bilateral commitments to sustainable investment in areas of common commercial interest such as critical minerals and supply...

Exploiting critical minerals for new energy services

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
Prime Minister Scott Morrison was part of an apparent pivot on climate action last week, starting with a discussion of the Quad and "critical minerals". This column discusses what...

Manufacturing Fund opens for critical minerals

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Fund is now open for rare earth and critical minerals projects as the government looks to “hard-wire” Australia into the global supply chain of...