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Australia–U.S. Critical Minerals Pact Reinforces National Need for CMCI CRC

22 October 2025 The signing of the United States–Australia Critical Minerals Framework by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Donald Trump underscores the strategic importance of Australia’s role in securing global supply chains for critical minerals and metals essential to clean energy, defence, and advanced manufacturing. US. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Shutterstock Dr Jacqui Coombes, Chair of the Critical Metals for Critical Industries Cooperative Research Centre (CM

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