Critical minerals

Australia critical minerals list

Australia lists 36 minerals as critical or strategic (Australia Critical Minerals List, 2024, Australia Strategic Materials List, 2024). Here is every mineral on the list, with where it is mined and how many other governments list it.

Australia Critical Minerals List (2024)

31 critical entries. Source: Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

As listedMineral pageOn lists in
AntimonyAntimony8
ArsenicArsenic3
BerylliumBeryllium4
BismuthBismuth7
ChromiumChromium5
CobaltCobalt8
FluorineFluorspar5
GalliumGallium7
GermaniumGermanium6
GraphiteGraphite (natural)8
HafniumHafnium5
High-purity aluminaHigh-purity alumina1
IndiumIndium6
LithiumLithium8
MagnesiumMagnesium6
ManganeseManganese6
MolybdenumMolybdenum5
NickelNickel8
NiobiumNiobium7
Platinum group elementsPlatinum group metals7
Rare earth elementsRare earths8
RheniumRhenium4
ScandiumScandium4
SeleniumSelenium3
SiliconSilicon7
TantalumTantalum7
TelluriumTellurium5
TitaniumTitanium minerals7
TungstenTungsten8
VanadiumVanadium7
ZirconiumZirconium (zircon)5

Australia Strategic Materials List (2024)

5 strategic entries. Source: Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

As listedMineral pageOn lists in
AluminiumAluminium and bauxite7
CopperCopper7
PhosphorusPhosphorus (elemental/chemical)6
TinTin7
ZincZinc5

"On lists in" counts the jurisdictions (of the 8 we track) whose current list includes the mineral.

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