Australia’s ambition to anchor the democratic world’s critical minerals supply chains won’t be realised by government action alone. Nor will free markets, left to their own devices, deliver the resilient, transparent and strategically aligned supply …
Successive Australian governments have worked hard to limit Chinese involvement in our critical minerals sector, reflecting a bipartisan understanding that such resources are central to economic security and future self-reliance. Against that backdrop, Friday’s revelation …
The global critical minerals race is heating up, and by not collaborating more closely, Australia and Canada are letting down their partner nations. Despite being the world’s two most reliable and like-minded mining giants, the …
Australia has the graphite the world needs, but it still relies on others to process the material. With more than 90 percent of the world’s battery-grade graphite refined in China, Australia is rich in critical …
The Pentagon’s package of support for rare earths company MP Minerals, announced on 10 July, should free the US military and eventually much of US industry from dependence on Chinese supply chains for rare earth …
