Australia’s resources minister has begun a week long trip to...

Australia’s resources minister has begun a week long trip to South Korea and Japan to discuss gas exports and critical minerals opportunities, as its government on Monday released a “prospectus” of 52 investment ready critical minerals projects.The resources-rich nation is seeking investment from allies in projects to develop minerals critical to green energy and at risk of supply chain disruption, spanning rare earths processing to various cobalt and nickel producing mines and plants.SIGN UP FOR THE ENERGY DIGESTSIGN UP“Australia’s critical minerals are key to the world’s energy transformation,” said Minister Madeleine King in a statement.“But we need to attract investment to get these minerals out of the ground, to process them here, to build the batteries, wind turbines and solar panels required make the switch to a lower carbon economy,” she said.King will be meeting Japan’s trade minister Ken Saito, and South Korean trade and energy minister Duk-geun Ahn, she said in a statement. QUOTE
Our involvement with Iwatani Corporation of Japan will surely be in the discussions IMO

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