Tokyo | In the final weeks of his posting in Tokyo, Justin Hayhurst never left the embassy residence without a list of critical minerals in his pocket. Gallium, fluorite, manganese, magnesium, zirconium, heavy rare earths.
Australia’s outgoing ambassador to Japan needed the list because Japanese officials were clamouring to talk through how they could cut a critical minerals deal with Australia – like the one done last year with the US in which $4.6 billion was earmarked to develop new critical minerals projects across the country.
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