Prime Minister Hails WA Role in Critical Minerals Deal with US

Prime Minister hails WA role in critical minerals deal with US

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the future West Australian gallium processing plant site, central to the United States critical minerals deal, heralding it as a "game changing" project.

Critical minerals deal boosts Astron - Australian Resources & Investment

Mineral sands. Image: lainen/stock.adobe.com Astron’s Donald project in Victoria is emerging as a major source of critical minerals for aerospace, defence, and renewable energy industries, benefiting from the recent Australia–US critical minerals pact. The project, which includes the world’s largest zircon deposit and one of the richest heavy rare earths deposits outside China, is targeting production by late 2027. Astron partnered with US-based…