Monash experts contribute to parliamentary inquiry on critical minerals

Last week, researchers from Monash University's Critical Minerals Consortium (CMC) appeared before a Joint Parliamentary Committee at Parliament House in Canberra, contributing evidence into factors shaping social licence and economic development outcomes in Australia's critical minerals sector.

The delegation, comprising Professor Mohan Yellishetty, Dr David Whittle, Vivian Wong and Dr Tim T. Werner, presented the Consortium's submission and outlined its research on building more sustainable, socially responsible and economically resilient critical minerals projects.

The Committee responded positively to the submission, recognising the significance and relevance of the Consortium's work and engaging constructively with the team on the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.

Professor Yellishetty said "We were very encouraged by the positive reception of the CMC submission and the evidence presented. The Committee was highly appreciative of the significance and relevance of the work we are undertaking, and the engagement was extremely constructive."

He continued "We are hopeful that this momentum will translate into additional research funding opportunities, particularly in key priority areas such as ESG Tracker development, mutuals and tailings reprocessing, where our work can continue to deliver meaningful impact for the sector."

Learn more about Monash Critical Minerals Consortium here.

Read about the Critical Minerals Inquiry here.

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘠𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘰-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘶𝘮; 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢-𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘏𝘶𝘣; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱.