Strategic Materials
Policy Tracker
AUAustraliaGovernment bodyAU

Australian Government

Also named: Commonwealth of Australia

org-au-government

Capital provided

By value role; only committed money is summed, per currency.

Public commitments

4 rows · summed per currency

Committed to a recipient by a government or public enterprise, at the status each row states. A contracted, partially disbursed or disbursed row is binding because an agreement is executed; payment is tracked separately by status. A contracted row need not mean funds are obligated or paid, and a partially disbursed row is not fully paid. Summed per currency and per instrument, never across either; a part is never added to its package.

USD

Equity2 rows

Binding

Stated exactly
100 million

Not yet binding

Up to
200 million

2 counted

2 rows state no amount and are listed, not valued.

AU20 Oct 2025

Alcoa-Sojitz Gallium Recovery Project

up toUSD200 million

Gallium recovery at the Alcoa-Sojitz project

CommitmentEquityPublicAnnouncedProcessingambiguity noted
AU20 Oct 2025

Alcoa-Sojitz Gallium Recovery Project

No amount stated

Gallium recovery at the Alcoa-Sojitz project

CommitmentOfftakePublicAnnouncedProcessingambiguity noted
AU1 Apr 2026

Arafura Rare Earths Limited

USD100 million

Nolans rare earths project

CommitmentEquityPublicContractedambiguity noted
AU14 Feb 2025

Constitutional corporations with registered CMPTI processing activities

No amount stated

Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Act 2025

CommitmentTax creditPublicAuthorizedProcessing · Refining

Envelopes, appropriations and lending authorities

4 rows · listed, not summed

Ceilings that awards are drawn from. Listed, never summed, and never divided into awards.

AUDate not stated

Australian Government (Critical Minerals Facility)

AUD5 billion

Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve — initial minerals

Program envelopeSeveral instruments, split not statedPublicNot stated
AU12 Jan 2026

Australian Government

AUD1.2 billion

Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve — initial minerals

Program envelopeSeveral instruments, split not statedPublicAnnounced
AUDate not stated

Australian Government

AUD185 million

Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve — initial minerals

Budget appropriationStockpile purchasePublicAllocatedStockpilingambiguity noted
AU20 Oct 2025

Australian Government

at leastUSD1 billion

United States–Australia Framework for Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths

Program envelopeSeveral instruments, split not statedPublicAnnouncedMining · Separation · Processing

Record

Kind
Government body
Country
AU
Government
Australia
Parent bodies
None recorded

Evidence

Name, kind, country, government and parent links each name their source.

  1. Historic critical minerals framework signed by President Trump and Prime Minister Albanese

    Prime Minister of Australia

    Fields supported
    Name · Kind · Country · Government
    Evidence level
    Explicit
    Location in document
    Paragraphs on the two priority projects
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  2. Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Act 2025 (No. 9, 2025)

    Federal Register of Legislation, Commonwealth of Australia

    Fields supported
    Name
    Evidence level
    Explicit
    Location in document
    Title page
    Qualification
    The Act is an Act of the Commonwealth of Australia; the tax offset is paid by the Commonwealth.
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