Geographical
Click on the drop-down list to quickly identify which countries and regions mine, refine and recycle which critical materials. You can also examine value capture potential and supply risks by geography and understand more about critical materials policy and strategy in each locality.
Australia
The Australian Government intends to grow Australia into a critical materials powerhouse. Its latest Critical Minerals Strategy aims to grow its critical materials sector and importantly expand downstream processing. The country enjoys plentiful and diverse resources and is an established mining giant but needs to develop a cost-competitive domestic processing sector that meets environmental, social and governance standards to capture more value from its geological abundance. For Australia, the priority, and focus of its Critical Minerals Prospectus, is to support development and maximise its vast potential and competitive and comparative advantages, although there are a handful of materials for which there are also supply risks to also mitigate.
| 1 | Cobalt | Yes | Yes | No | High | Low |
| 2 | HREEs | Yes | Yes | No | Mid | Mid |
| 3 | Niobium | No | No | n/a | Low | Mid |
| 4 | Magnesium | n/a | No | n/a | Low | Mid |
| 5 | LREEs | Yes | No | No | High | Mid |
| 6 | Aluminium | n/a | Yes | Yes | High | Low |
| 7 | Graphite | No | No | n/a | Low | High |
| 8 | Chromium | No | No | No | Mid | Low |
| 9 | Antimony | Yes | No | Yes | High | Low |
| 10 | Vanadium | No | No | No | High | Low |
| 11 | Tungsten | Yes | No | Yes | High | Low |
| 12 | Silicon | No | No | No | Low | High |
| 13 | Tantalum | Yes | No | No | High | Low |
| 14 | Gallium | n/a | No | No | Low | Low |
| 15 | Bismuth | n/a | No | No | Low | Mid |
| 16 | Manganese | Yes | Yes | n/a | High | Low |
| 17 | Boron | No | No | n/a | Low | Mid |
| 18 | Molybdenum | No | No | No | Low | Low |
| 19 | Bauxite | Yes | n/a | n/a | High | Low |
| 20 | Germanium | n/a | No | No | Low | Low |
| 21 | Nickel | Yes | Yes | No | High | Low |
| 22 | Fluorspar | - | n/a | n/a | Low | High |
| 23 | Titanium | Yes | Yes | No | High | Low |
| 24 | Scandium | No | No | n/a | Mid | Low |
| 25 | Copper | Yes | Yes | Yes | High | Low |
| 26 | Zinc | Yes | Yes | Yes | High | Low |
| 27 | Iron | Yes | n/a | n/a | High | Low |
| 28 | Indium | Yes | No | n/a | Mid | Low |
| 29 | Tin | Yes | No | Yes | High | Low |
| 30 | Lead | Yes | Yes | Yes | High | Low |
| 31 | Lithium | Yes | Yes | n/a | High | Low |
| 32 | PGMs | No | No | No | Low | Low |
| 33 | Tellerium | No | No | n/a | Low | Mid |
| 34 | Zirconium | No | No | n/a | High | Low |
| 35 | Hafnium | n/a | No | n/a | Low | Low |
| 36 | Silver | Yes | Yes | Yes | High | Low |
| 37 | Selenium | No | Yes | n/a | Mid | Low |
| 38 | Strontium | No | No | n/a | Low | Mid |
| 39 | Gold | Yes | Yes | n/a | High | Low |
| 40 | Rhenium | No | No | No | Low | Low |