Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub

The Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub (the R&D Hub) is hosted by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and brings together expertise from leading Federal science agencies: the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation(ANSTO), Geoscience Australia, and CSIRO.

The R&D Hub will work with industry, universities and the research community to address technical challenges and drive collaborative research across the critical minerals value chain needed to support clean energy and Australia’s net zero policy agenda.

The top priorities of the R&D Hub are to:

• scale-up and commercialise critical minerals research and development – including priority research projects on supply chains of strategic significance
• help coordinate, guide and prioritise critical minerals research and development efforts across Australia
• connect critical minerals projects to the technical and research expertise they need
• support strategic international critical minerals collaboration and science diplomacy.