Unleashing Australia’s Critical Minerals Potential
Helping global businesses build and grow supply chains using Australia’s raw materials and strategic partnerships.
Next Generation Leadership
At TerraNext, we are forging the next generation of critical minerals leadership.
Founded by industry veterans with deep expertise across trade, investment, and technology, TerraNext is dedicated to building the strategic bridge between Australia and the world for the critical minerals sector.
A Growth Mission
Our mission is to connect leaders, unlock opportunity, and accelerate sustainable growth across the mining, supply chain, and advanced manufacturing ecosystems.
Bold Thinking
Through bold initiatives like our upcoming Li₃ Forum event in Perth, Western Australia, we are setting a new benchmark for collaboration, innovation, and investment in critical minerals.
Strategic Focus
Commercial Outcomes
Commercial Outcomes
The Australian critical minerals opportunity - to the world.
Commercial Outcomes
Commercial Outcomes
Commercial Outcomes
Designed to foster real partnerships and real deals.
Proven Networks
Commercial Outcomes
Thought Leadership
Deep connectivity across public and private sectors.
Thought Leadership
Commercial Outcomes
Thought Leadership
Setting the agenda for the future of critical minerals.
Why Critical Minerals Matter
Critical minerals (like lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and nickel) are essential for:
- Clean energy technologies (e.g., solar panels, wind turbines, batteries for electric vehicles)
- Advanced manufacturing (e.g., electronics, defense systems)
- Energy security and supply chain resilience
Demand for these minerals is skyrocketing as the world shifts towards decarbonisation and digitalisation. Control over these supply chains is also becoming a major geopolitical issue.
Australia’s Role
Australia is one of the world’s most resource-rich countries, it:
- Has abundant reserves of lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earths, and other critical minerals.
- Offers stable, transparent regulatory and investment frameworks.
- Is seen as a reliable supplier compared to more politically volatile countries.
Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy 2023–2030 outlines its ambition to become a global leader in critical minerals extraction, processing, and export.
India’s Interests
India is:
- Rapidly expanding its renewable energy generation (targeting 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030).
- Investing heavily in EVs, advanced manufacturing, and digital technologies — all requiring critical minerals.
- Seeking to diversify its supply chains away from China, which currently dominates global critical mineral processing.
India needs reliable partners like Australia to secure access to these materials.
Australia – India Collaboration
There’s been significant recent activity, including:
- Australia-India Critical Minerals Investment Partnership (2022): Australia committed A$5.8 million to help India map its critical minerals potential and invest in Australian projects.
- MoUs between Australian companies and Indian public/private sector players to develop joint mining, processing, and refining capabilities.
- Quad Critical and Emerging Technology Working Group: Under the Quad (Australia, India, Japan, US), critical minerals cooperation is a priority.
- Australia’s Export Finance Australia has allocated funding to critical minerals projects that could supply Indian companies.
Recent high-level dialogues (like the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement and strategic summits) have further emphasised critical minerals as a key pillar.
Key Opportunities and Challenges
Opportunities:
- Direct offtake agreements between Australian miners and Indian manufacturers.
- Indian investment in Australian critical minerals projects (especially in lithium and rare earths).
- Joint R&D and technology development, especially in processing and recycling.
Challenges:
- Need for major infrastructure investment (processing plants, refineries).
- Environmental and Indigenous community considerations in Australia.
- Pricing volatility in global critical minerals markets.
- Competition from other nations (e.g., Japan, South Korea, the US) also seeking Australia’s resources.
A Growth Future
The Australia-India relationship on critical minerals is growing fast and is strategically vital for both nations’ energy security, manufacturing, and economic future.
There’s a huge amount of government support behind it — and it’s set to deepen even further in the next few years.
Lithium India Investment Initiative
Li₃ Forum 2025
A Commercial Collaboration Forum to Unlock India’s Domestic Lithium Supply Chain