Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy

Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy outlines the government’s policy framework for our critical minerals market.

It targets actions in 3 areas:

• promoting investment in Australia’s critical minerals sector and downstream processing
• providing incentives for innovation to lower costs and increase competitiveness
• connecting critical minerals projects with infrastructure development

These steps aim to position Australia as a world leader in the exploration, extraction, production and processing of critical minerals.

Contents

• Foreword
• Our vision, goals and actions
• The opportunity for the critical minerals sector
• Market opportunities for lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements
• National actions on critical minerals
• Conclusion

Read more

• This strategy is a key part of the government’s plan for the resources sector, set out in the National Resources Statement
• The Government launched Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy on 28 March 2019

Contact us

Email resources@industry.gov.au

See also

• Read a review of opportunities and research needs for critical minerals in Australia by Geoscience Australia
• Read more about how we are supporting the resources sector