A$5.9-million has been awarded to ASX-listed Northern Minerals to support its Browns Range heavy rare earths project at Halls Creek, and A$1-million to Tungsten Mining to support test work for its Mount Mulgine tungsten project, while A$6.25-million will go to Magnium Australia to commercialise Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation patented technology for clean extraction of magnesium metal, and a magnesium refinery pilot plant in Collie. In Western Australia, some A$5.5-million will go towards Australian Energy Storage Solutions for a pilot to set up Australia’s first precursor cathode active material manufacturing plant in Kwinana, while battery metals major IGO will receive A$4.6-million to support its integrated downstream nickel/cobalt refinery at Kwinana which will produce high-value nickel/cobalt/manganese precursor cathode active material.Ī further A$1.2-million will go to Tungsten Metals Group for the production of ferrotungsten powders for advanced manufacturing for aerospace, medical, energy and defence products, while A$4.7-million will go to International Graphite to support the International Graphite WA mine-to-market battery graphite materials project. “Australia has remarkable potential to meet the increasing global demand for the critical minerals needed for clean energy technologies, such as electric vehicles and batteries, as the world moves to decarbonise.”
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