Australia–US Critical Minerals Deal Tops US$3 Billion Investment Target

Australia–US Critical Minerals Deal Tops US$3 Billion Investment Target

Australia and the United States have already surpassed their initial critical minerals investment target, agreed when the two countries formed their partnership last year. During an October 2025 visit to the United States, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Donald Trump signed a rare earths agreement to jointly invest more than US$3 billion ($4.21 billion) in critical minerals projects in Australia over six months. The move is aimed a…

Australian National Review - Australia–US Critical Minerals Deal Tops US$3 Billion Investment Target

US President Donald Trump (R) and Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese display an agreement on critical minerals they signed in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Australia and the United States have already surpassed their initial critical minerals investment target, agreed when the two countries formed their partnership last year. During an October 2025 visit to th…

US, Australia Boost Critical Minerals with US$3.5B

The US and Australia have committed US$3.5 billion to underwrite a wave of critical minerals projects in Australia, sharply increasing their funding targets as Washington and Canberra race to loosen China’s monopoly on the market.Announced on Sunday (April 12), the massive capital injection breathes financial life into a bilateral Critical Minerals Framework signed last October by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donal…