The government plans to submit a bill to Congress later this year to create a national lithium company.

Extracting copper, nickel, cobalt and other minerals from mine waste could provide a key new source of the minerals needed for the energy transition.

List includes nickel, titanium, vanadium and tungsten.

Rio set up its battery materials business in 2021 before buying the Rincon lithium mine in Argentina.

The Baptiste deposit in British Columbia is part of FPX’s 100%-owned Decar nickel project.

His inventions helped develop modern computers and commercialize lithium-ion batteries.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk estimates the mineral-producing regions in the state's north alone would be worth about A$500 billion.