Australia’s mineral endowment meant that it was well placed to take advantage of the energy revolution, the Office of the Chief Scientist’s Manager of Resource Economics David Thurtell told delegates at the International Mining and Resources conference, in Melbourne.
He pointed out that Australia is the world’s biggest producer of lithium, and had the second largest cobalt reserves in the world, as well as the largest nickel resource in the world, of which is it is the world’s sixth-largest miner, while also ranking as the world’s seventh-largest copper miner.