Development of a trusted supply chain for Australian battery minerals and products

Curtin: Dr Prokopiy Vasilyev (John de Laeter Centre)

External: Future Battery Industries CRC Ltd; Source Certain; Everledger; BASF; Cobalt Blue Holdings; EV Metals Group; Lava Blue Ltd; Minerals Research Group of WA; Murdoch University; University of Sydney; Australasian Pozzolan Association; Ardea Resources Ltd

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The Future Battery Industries CRC (FBICRC) combines industry, government and researcher resources to build the tools, technologies and skills required to grow the role of battery storage in Australia’s electrical grids, and make Australia a larger part of global supply chains.

In keeping with FBICRC’s goal of sustainability, it engaged the CIDS to create a digital platform that can identify a mineral supply’s origin to allow supply chain traceability. 

The creation of this platform allows the FBICRC to further its sustainability goals and provide potential investors and government contributors with assurances of a supply’s sustainability.

Figure 1: Supply chain for lithium ion batteries and rare earth metals. 

Credit: Best, A. & Vernon, C. (2020) State of Play, Australia’s Battery Industries, accessed on March 202. CSIRO, Australia