In today’s AFR mention of QPM.Andrew Forrest’s partner in a...

In today’s AFR mention of QPM.
Andrew Forrest’s partner in a proposed Australian nickel and cobalt refinery will be among the recipients sharing $50 million of federal funding designed to stoke more onshore minerals processing and take the nation closer to making batteries.Nickel and lithium producer IGO Group will receive $4.6 million of federal money to help advance a plan to build a refinery in Western Australia with Dr Forrest’s Wyloo Metals, which would go a step further than any Australian nickel plant and make pto recursor materials for the cathodes in modern batteries.An IGO lithium hydroxide plant outside Perth. Rival ASX-listed companies Evolution Mining, rare earths explorer Northern Minerals, Dubbo-focused rare earths aspirant Australian Strategic Materials and Queensland Pacific Metals are also among the 13 recipients.