What went down at last week's critical minerals crisis talks
The who’s who of Australian mining converged late last week in Perth to make their case for urgent government support. On the industry's wish lists: infrastructure hubs and tax credits.
Having long preached about the importance of Australia’s critical minerals, the federal government is being urged to put its money where its mouth is and prop up market players during a severe supply glut.
On Thursday, some of the country’s largest lithium and nickel miners met with federal resources minister Madeleine King and WA state minister for mines David Michael as they find themselves underwater in a market awash with minerals.
Inside the Commonwealth Parliament Offices in the heart of Perth, and over a couple of two-hour crisis talks, major miners made their list of demands ahead of the May federal budget.
The cohort included nickel majors IGO, Chalice, and BHP in the morning and lithium stalwarts Albemarle, Mineral Resources, Core Lithium, Tianqi, Wesfarmers, Azure Minerals, Global Lithium Resources, Wildcat Resources, and Arcadium, previously known as Alkem, in the afternoon.
