Helium drilling set to start after WA taxpayers shielded from cleanup costs
UK-listed Georgina Energy plans to drill in the remote Little Great Sandy Desert in search of helium, hydrogen and natural gas.
Rare Earths
Rare earths are 17 heavy metal elements that are often commonly found but in trace quantities that are difficult to extract. They include scandium used in aluminium alloys and neodymium for high-performance magnets.
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Alcoa and Japan investigate if WA can break China's gallium stranglehold
Extraction of the critical mineral found in the waste from making alumina from bauxite could curb China's 98 per cent share of global production.