Panel 3 | Financing uncertainty: Industry and banking perspectives on the critical minerals sector

Day 3, Session 9

Australia has a wonderful critical minerals endowment and these minerals are not going anywhere. Still, all projects need debt and equity investment. This potential capital can go anywhere, and it will - to where it is “safest”.

Where does the Australian critical minerals sector (especially value-adding) sit compared with alternative destinations for capital in:

• Australia (e.g. infrastructure, equity markets, housing)?
• Internationally (especially compared with the USA with its Inflation Reduction Act/Foreign Entities of Concern legislation and the EU’s regulatory incentives)?

This panel will cover the strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and threats to the Australian Critical Minerals sector. They will also answer questions from the audience in what promises to be a must-attend session.