Government Partners With Universities to Secure Australia’s Mineral Supply Chains

Government Partners With Universities to Secure Australia’s Mineral Supply Chains
Aerial view from a helicopter of a nickel mine near Warmu in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. Phillip Schubert/Adobe Stock
Steve Milne
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Australia’s federal government has committed $50 million (US$36.7 million) to establishing a new business and research partnership with Curtin University in Western Australia (WA), one which will focus on the critical mineral supply chain.

The project, which is the first under the government’s Trailblazer program, will see Curtin University collaborate with the University of Queensland (QLD), James Cook University, and 33 business representatives, to develop new technology that will give Australia a competitive advantage in mineral supply chains such as cobalt, nickel, and lithium.

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