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Critical minerals

Minerals and materials for decarbonisation technologies

The success of the global energy transition relies heavily on the mineral resources sector. As demand for solar panels, wind turbines, and battery storage climbs ever higher, so too does our need for a growing supply of critical minerals

National capability

The Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development (R&D) Hub

Bringing together expertise from Australia’s leading science agencies: ANSTO (Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Geoscience Australia and CSIRO, to deliver national critical minerals capability through collaboration, coordination, and technical excellence.

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Resources for resources

Team CSIRO

We have Australia's largest dedicated R&D team working across the minerals value chain. We assemble multidisciplinary teams, using state-of-art technologies and cutting-edge approaches, to tackle the greatest challenges in the mining and resources industry. We can help you find the solution to make your business thrive.

 Our R&D

Our research programs

Core knowledge

Advanced characterisation

With a suite of state-or-the-art instruments and dedicated laboratories and expertise throughout Australia, our advanced characterisation facility provides multi-scale mineralogical and elemental characterisation data to assist new mineral discovery, mining and material processing

Featured facilities

Our research facilities and specialised laboratories are available to international and Australian industries and researchers - helping you to accelerate research and create new opportunities.

Geoscience Drill Core Research Laboratory

The most advanced collection of instrumentation in Australia specifically assembled for the analysis of drill core specimens.

Mobile petrophysical lab

Taking the lab into the field, our Mobile Petrophysical Lab uses the GeoTek Multi-Sensor Core Logger to deliver a range of geochemical and physical drill core data

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CSIRO & Co.

Funding and programs

Whether you're a start-up, small or medium sized enterprise or researcher, our programs and funding streams are designed to remove common roadblocks to innovation and progress.

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IP and commercialisation

By linking world-class scientific developments with industry, we take research from the lab to the market, creating real-world economic, environmental and society-wide value.

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Services

We provide a range of commercial innovation services that help your business benefit from research solutions. We can help you find a practical solution that can be the difference between success and failure.

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