Australia’s resource endowment and innovation capability positions us to be a world leading supplier of minerals needed to support the energy transition. However, it’s not an easy path to success.  Innovation and research will be needed to solve the complex challenges facing the sector and road to net zero.

The Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub brings together expertise from Australia’s leading science agencies: ANSTO (Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Geoscience Australia and CSIRO. The Hub is hosted by CSIRO and the three agencies work collaboratively to scale up and commercialise Australia’s critical minerals potential by aligning R&D to priority technical challenges and Australia’s strategic priorities. The Hub facilitates international R&D collaboration in support of strategic supply chain resilience.

The Hub is working with industry, universities and the research community to address technical challenges and drive collaborative research across the critical minerals value chain needed to support clean energy and Australia’s net zero policy agenda, in line with Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy 2023-2030.

The Hub is funded by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and works closely with the Critical Minerals Office.

Contact the Hub at criticalmineralshub@csiro.au

The Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub is hosted by CSIRO.