Madeleine King

Minister Madeleine King calls urgent industry sit-down as WA’s nickel, lithium woes spiral into crisis

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Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has called an urgent meeting with her WA counterpart and industry heavyweights as the State’s critical minerals industry implodes on price pressures. The announcement follows Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals shuttering its nickel mines in the Goldfields earlier on Monday, seeking to cauterise financial wounds that are likely well into the … Read more

Federal Government’s critical minerals list gets a reshuffle with a secondary ‘strategic’ bundle added

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The Federal Government has updated its critical minerals list, including a surprise addition, and, in a boon for a plethora of WA miners, will up its support for other battery metals developments. Heading into 2024 the Government will knock helium from its critical minerals list and add rare earths elements molybdenum, selenium and tellurium, as … Read more