Mining & Resources

The New South Wales government is launching consultations for the development of a new Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Strategy, which will help boost domestic manufacturing, skills, and training opportunities available in the state’s local industry. 

Researchers have mapped out potential reserves of lithium located across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, opening up new possibilities for Australia’s lithium industry. 

CIMIC Group member UGL has secured a contract with the Department of Defence to provide guidance, planning, supply management, operations, and maintenance for the Australian Defence Force’s fuel network. 

Syrah Resources, an ASX-listed industrial minerals and technology company, has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with lithium-ion battery manufacturer Samsung SDI to evaluate natural graphite active anode material (AAM) supply from Syrah’s Vidalia AAM facility in Louisiana in the US. 

Toyota Australia and mining giant BHP are strengthening their long-standing partnership with a new effort that will drive the electrification of BHP’s fleet of Toyota vehicles. 

Battery and technology metals company Australian Mines has secured a mining lease grant for the Greenvale mining area in Townsville, paving the way for a critical minerals project that would create about 780 good jobs in North Queensland. 

Queensland Resources Minister Scott Stewart is set to lead a delegation of international investors and resources leaders on a tour that will showcase the state’s potential multi-billion dollar critical minerals sector. 

The Queensland Government has opened the applications for the new Queensland Critical Minerals and Battery Technology.

Resources and mining ministers from the federal, state and territory governments in Australia have expressed their support for the nation’s critical minerals sector and reaffirmed a commitment to attracting foreign investment for resources projects.  

Element 25, a producer of manganese concentrate in Western Australia, has partnered with General Motors to support the production of over 1 million electric vehicles (EV) in North America.