WA Critical Mineral Commodity Overviews

The Challenge

Understanding the opportunity for Western Australia in relation to the 31 commodities on the Australian Critical Minerals List from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

Proposed Solution

Working with a multi-disciplinary team of four university students, prepare overviews of each commodity to inform future research direction and development potential by considering:

• Known reserves, resources and current production rates.

• Current uses of those critical minerals and their processing pathways, identifying issues and challenges faced to decarbonise and meet ESG credentials.
• Potential for secondary production avenues.
• Midstream processing opportunities for these critical minerals.

Proposed Benefits to WA

While Western Australia is home to a vast range of critical minerals, additional mining, refining and downstream processing of a larger range of these critical minerals will build on the State’s existing strengths and reinforcing its leading role in the global supply chain.

Financial Assistance DOI

DOI 10.71342/728956938255