The Australian Government is providing a $25 million grant to an industry-led battery research centre in Perth, Western Australia, to meet the rising demand of the battery boom.The $53 million Future Battery Industries CRC is designed to diversify the type of battery minerals extracted and processed in Western Australia.Western Australia is the leading producer of hard rock lithium in Australia, which is in turn the largest lithium producing country in the world, having overtaken Chile for the title last year.
