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Critical minerals massing

AUSTRALIA is well placed to meet rising global demand for a range of critical minerals with the world’s largest identified economic resources of rutile and zircon and the second largest of cobalt, ilmenite, lithium, tungsten and vanadium, according to a report by Geoscience Australia.

 From 2016 to 2020, the program mapped more than 3 million square kilometres of northern Australia.

From 2016 to 2020, the program mapped more than 3 million square kilometres of northern Australia.

The annual Australia's Identified Mineral Resources found that up to December 2020, the country's economic inventories increased, with rare earths up 4%, lithium up 8%, vanadium up 23% and platinum group...

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