Critical minerals are vital for the net zero transition and strengthening Australia’s economic resilience.
The International Partnerships in Critical Minerals program will provide $40 million in grants across 8 projects.
The projects funded under this program will build Australia’s sovereign capability in critical minerals processing and support critical minerals projects of mutual interest to our international partners.
Successful projects
- $3.8 million for the Vecco Group Ltd to support the development of a vanadium flow battery manufacturing supply chain in Queensland. This includes a feasibility study for the Julia Creek Vanadium Mine, commissioning and operation of a high-purity vanadium pilot plant, and design of an electrolyte manufacturing plant in Townsville.
- $3 million for Graphinex Ltd to support a proposed graphite refinery (Battery Anode Hub) in Townsville linked to its Esmeralda deposit.
- $7.39 million for Tivan Ltd for feasibility studies in Perth into its Speewah Fluorite project located in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.
- $5 million for Australian Rare Earths Ltd to support a demonstration plant for extraction of ionic clay hosted rare earth elements at its Koppamurra Project at Naracoorte in South Australia’s Limestone Coast region.
- $2.7 million for Critical Minerals Group to support a vanadium electrolyte production chain for battery-grade materials in northern Queensland including Townsville and Mount Isa.
- $5 million for Renascor Resources Ltd to support the construction and operation of a purified spherical graphite pilot processing plant in Wingfield South Australia.
- $8 million for Queensland Pacific Metals Ltd to produce nickel and cobalt in Albion Queensland for use at the Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) project near Townsville.
- $5.1 million for the Australian Strategic Materials Ltd to support the development of a rare earth and critical minerals mine and processing plant in Dubbo in central west New South Wales.