MMI – Manufacturing Translation Stream – Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Processing Priority

The Australian Government is offering co-investment funding to help manufacturing businesses achieve competitiveness and build scale. The aim is to harness the unique characteristics of each priority area and help business invest in strategic projects to overcome industry-specific challenges.

Australia has significant reserves of the critical minerals and metals which drive the modern global economy. These are used to manufacture advanced technologies such as electric vehicles, mobile phones and renewable energy. However, because the majority of primary ores are shipped overseas for processing, Australia derives a small share of the potential overall benefit. Australia can capture greater benefit from these value chains by undertaking further value adding and manufacturing here.

The Manufacturing Translation Stream will support projects that aid the translation of high quality research and ideas into commercial outcomes and support businesses to scale-up and become more competitive and resilient. It will support businesses to adopt new technologies and improve their manufacturing processes to boost productivity and competitiveness.