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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
Leadership
Opportunity
Australia, as a resource rich nation with
excellent R&D capabilities,
is a natural anchor for the global thrust on the sustainable development of minerals and
energy resources
•Fundamentally a global
challenge
•Major global companies
have significant Australian operations
•A national issue for
government, industry and research partnership
•Practical response to
Chief Scientist /Innovation Summit etc
•Practical response to
GMI - MMSD
•Need a minerals and metals
processing focus, within a framework of sector level leadership