Australian Government releases its updated Critical Minerals List

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Australian Government releases its updated Critical Minerals List

Australia expanded its list of critical minerals deemed crucial to its energy transition and national security needs as the country boosts the strategically and economically important sector.

 

The government added fluorine, molybdenum, arsenic, selenium and tellurium to the list of minerals that it regards as essential to modern technologies, economies and national security, Minister for Resources Madeleine King said in a statement Saturday. Helium was removed from the list.

 

Officials also created a new strategic materials list, which includes copper, nickel, aluminum, phosphorous, tin and zinc. While these commodities are also key to the energy transition, they’re not at risk of supply chain disruption and have well-established industries, according to the statement.

 

The two lists “will help government focus on those commodities needed to create jobs, keep us secure and power our economy,” King said.

 

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