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ARE receives $5m grant for rare earths development Australian Rare Earths has received a $5 million grant from the federal government’s International Partnerships in Critical Minerals Program. The funding will support additional metallurgical test work, completion of a pre-feasibility study and building/operating a demonstration plant at the company’s Koppamurra project, a frontier ionic clay rare…

iLaunch Trailblazer to link R&D globally

Manufacturing News, Technology

The iLAuNCH Trailblazer space research group has announced a partnership with Deloitte Australia, connecting local R&D with international organisations to collaborate on the development and commercialisation of Australian space technologies. Building on the local Trailblazer research programme which fosters partnerships between universities and industry, the iLAuNCH Global Pathfinder Program extends this concept to a larger…