GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 3rd July. The Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi will be visiting Australia as part of a six-day tour beginning on July 3rd, 2022, to take India one step closer to realising its ambition to develop secure, robust, and commercially viable strategic critical minerals as part of its larger mission to transition to clean energy sources.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has placed a special emphasis on expanding India-Australia bilateral relations, paving the way for greater cooperation between the two countries in a variety of fields, including critical minerals, coal, mining, defence, new & renewable energy, new technologies, agricultural research, and cyber security.
India is committed to accelerating its march toward achieving clean energy ambitions in a sustainable manner under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, with the India-Australia relationship on an upward trajectory.
The visit is significant because it is the first meeting between Minister Pralhad Joshi and Madeleine King since the Anthony Albanese Government was elected.
A series of meetings with various Ministers and officials from the Australian Government, as well as industry bodies and associations, are planned.
Pralhad Joshi will meet with Resources and Northern Australia Minister Madeleine King, Minister Bill Johnston MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum, Energy, Corrective Services, and Industrial Relations, as well as Paul Toole, Deputy Premier, Minister for Regional New South Wales, and Minister for Police.
Joshi will be visiting mineral-rich sites of Tianqi Lithium Kwinana and Greenbushes Mine.
During his visit, Joshi will seek to expand on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Khanij Bidesh India Ltd. (KABIL), a joint venture of three CPSEs under the Ministry of Mines, and the Critical Minerals Facilitation Office (CMFO), Government of Australia, which aims to strengthen bilateral trade relations and paves the way for delivering on a shared ambition to develop secure, robust, and commercially viable critical minerals supply chains.
The India-Australia Critical Minerals Investment Partnership envisions joint investment in viable lithium and cobalt projects in Australia, which is critical for India’s clean energy ambitions. The steps will supplement India’s mineral security initiatives for E-mobility and other diverse sectors requiring the use of critical and strategic minerals.
During his visit, Joshi will not only highlight the groundbreaking reforms in the Mines and Minerals sector, but he will also address the vibrant Indian diaspora.
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