CANBERRA, ACT, May 4 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
Australia and Japan are elevating cooperation on critical minerals, supporting onshore processing, refining and related advanced manufacturing.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan met in Canberra today and issued the Joint Statement on Critical Minerals Cooperation.
The Joint Statement makes critical minerals a core pillar of our economic and national security relationship and will drive coordinated investment in strategic projects to address the most urgent supply chain vulnerabilities.
This cooperation will build on the existing Australia Japan Critical Minerals Partnership, launched by Prime ...