Australia is a global mineral supplier powerhouse, and is positioned to be a major producer of rare earth elements needed to drive the green energy transition across the 21^st Century and beyond.

There are significant challenges to overcome including improving exploration targeting to discover new resources to sustain the supply pipeline, finding efficient, clean and economic technologies for ore processing, improving environmental and social outcomes of resource extraction and processing, and evaluating and managing the uncertainty in the markets.

The Australian Rare Earth Conference is the first conference to bring together industry, government and academia to discuss the state of the Australian Rare Earth industry. The conference will focus on geology and mineralogy of Australian ore systems, but will also include sessions on processing technologies and market dynamics.

The goals are to build and galvanize the Australian Rare Earth community, establish and disseminate the current state of knowledge on rare earth ore systems, and to define the path forward.

Most, if not all, of the Australian rare Earth producers and explorers will be represented.

The two-day conference will consist of split sessions on specific topics interlaced with keynote talks, a discussion ending the first day and a panel discussion to set goals for the future wrapping up the conference.

Sessions will cover, geological, technical, analytical, and metallurgical aspects of research as well as economics, supply chain and geopolitical issues.

Conference Committee members:

• John Mavrogenes (RSES, ANU)
• Louise Adena (Vice-Chancellor’s Portfolio, ANU)
• Joelle D’Adres (RSES, ANU)
• Michael Anenburg (RSES, ANU)
• Ross Chandler (RSES, ANU)
• Mathew Valetich (ANU)
• Jessica Walsh (The University of Adelaide)
• Carl Spandler (The University of Adelaide)
• Miranda Zvidza (Business Development, ANU)