WA turns to Italy to widen its critical minerals customer base

WA turns to Italy to widen its critical minerals customer base

Western Australia has signed a deal with Italy's export credit agency SACE to grow trade in critical minerals and battery materials. Image: giodilo/stock.adobe.comWestern Australia has opened a new market for its critical minerals, signing a joint communiqué with Italy’s export credit agency to build trade in battery materials and the energy transition. The deal pairs WA with Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero S.p.A. (SACE), the agency th…

Italy taps Western Australia to secure critical mineral

Signed in Perth by SACE president Guglielmo Picchi and Western Australia’s Agent General Rebecca Tomkinson, the declaration commits both sides to a “stable dialogue” aimed at opening new investment and business opportunities between Italian and Australian companies. Decoding the news: Gianclaudio Torlizzi, adviser to Italy’s defence minister and a member of Picchi’s delegation, told Decode39 Western Australia laid out its leadership across the c…