澳大利亚：更新关键矿产战略 94个成熟项目向全球投资者招商
澳大利亚政府更新了《关键矿产战略》，并发布新版投资项目册：全国共有94个成熟、可投资的关键矿产项目对外招商，比今年2月增加了29个，其中上游采矿项目58个、中游加工项目36个。
澳大利亚资源部长马德琳·金（Madeleine King）说，澳大利亚拥有全球最丰富的关键矿产和稀土资源，许多矿藏尚未开发；全球对锂、稀土、钒、锑等矿产的需求正在快速增长，这些矿产是电池、国防装备和清洁能源技术的关键原料。贸易部长唐·法雷尔（Don Farrell）说，新版项目册向全球投资者展示了澳大利亚从矿山到加工的完整供应链机会。
为支持这一产业，澳大利亚已立法设立175亿澳元的“关键矿产生产税收激励”：从2027年7月1日至2040年6月30日，符合条件的加工企业可按合格加工成本的10%获得可退还税收抵免。政府还设立了12亿澳元的关键矿产战略储备、把关键矿产基金从20亿澳元扩大到50亿澳元，并由澳大利亚出口融资机构向5个项目承诺了超过30亿澳元的融资。
澳大利亚政府说，关键矿产已是该国出口和就业的重要支柱，政府的战略目标是让澳大利亚成为全球关键矿产供应链中可靠、且向下游加工延伸的供应国。
Australia: Updated Critical Minerals Strategy Showcases 94 Investment-Ready Projects
The Australian government has updated its Critical Minerals Strategy and released a new investment prospectus showcasing 94 advanced, investment-ready critical minerals projects nationwide, 29 more than in February, comprising 58 upstream mining projects and 36 midstream processing projects.
Resources Minister Madeleine King said Australia holds some of the world's richest deposits of critical minerals and rare earths, many still undeveloped, while global demand for lithium, rare earths, vanadium and antimony, essential for batteries, defence equipment and clean-energy technology, is growing fast. Trade Minister Don Farrell said the prospectus presents investors with opportunities across the full supply chain, from mine to processing.
Support measures include the legislated $17.5 billion Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive, a refundable tax offset of 10 percent of eligible processing costs from July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2040; a $1.2 billion Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve; the Critical Minerals Facility expanded from $2 billion to $5 billion; and more than $3 billion in Export Finance Australia commitments to five projects.
The government said critical minerals are already a major source of exports and jobs, and that its strategy aims to make Australia a reliable supplier positioned further downstream in global supply chains.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：照片：澳大利亚Greenbushes锂矿露天矿坑，Calistemon 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0 授权 / Photo of the Greenbushes lithium mine open pit by Calistemon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
