原标题：$10 million project to advance Australia’s green metals future

The Australian government has funded $10 million to develop the domestic green metals industry across the iron, steel, alumina and aluminium sectors.

The Green Metals Innovation Network (GMIN) – a collaboration between CSIRO and the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC) – has been established for this development.

GMIN will coordinate a national ecosystem of research, innovation, and capacity building to address key technical and economic challenges.

The network will serve as a national platform for aligning research, fostering innovation, and building expertise. It aims to accelerate the adoption of processing routes for green metals, reduce risks associated with developing and deploying new technologies for Australian ores and conditions, and improve cost-efficiency and performance in novel processing pathways.

Recent annual exports of ores and manufactured products in the iron, steel, alumina, and aluminium sectors are worth nearly $150 billion.

CSIRO will foster collaboration between industry and research, advance knowledge and expertise in green metals, and define education pathways to support the skilled workforce needed for the future green metals sector.

“At CSIRO, we strive to shape technology development that drives low-cost electrification and decarbonisation of our major industries and exports in a competitive, low-carbon global economy.

“The challenge is immense, but equally there is opportunity here for Australia to be an innovator and to create a future where sustainable energy and mineral resources expand our prosperity,” CSIRO chief executive Dr Doug Hilton said.

“By strengthening collaboration between industry and research, GMIN will help fast-track innovation and technology to address gaps in the low-cost production of green metals including iron, steel, alumina and aluminium, as well as Australia’s transition to net zero,” HILT CRC chief executive officer Jenny Selway said.

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澳大利亚政府已拨款1000万美元，用于发展国内钢铁、氧化铝和铝等行业的绿色金属产业。

绿色金属创新网络（GMIN）是由CSIRO和重工业低碳转型合作研究中心（HILT CRC）合作建立的，旨在促进这一发展。

GMIN将协调一个研究、创新和能力建设的国家生态系统，以应对关键的技术和经济挑战。

该网络将作为协调研究、促进创新和建立专业知识的国家平台。它旨在加速绿色金属加工路线的采用，降低与澳大利亚矿石和条件开发和部署新技术相关的风险，并提高新型加工途径的成本效率和性能。

最近，铁矿石、钢铁、氧化铝和铝行业的矿石和制成品的年出口额接近1500亿美元。

CSIRO将促进工业和研究之间的合作，推进绿色金属的知识和专业知识，并确定教育途径，以支持未来绿色金属部门所需的熟练劳动力。

“在CSIRO，我们努力推动技术发展，在竞争激烈的低碳全球经济中推动我们主要行业的低成本电气化和脱碳。

CSIRO首席执行官道格·希尔顿博士说：“挑战是巨大的，但同样，澳大利亚也有机会成为创新者，创造一个可持续能源和矿产资源扩大我们繁荣的未来。”

HILT CRC首席执行官Jenny Selway表示：“通过加强工业和研究之间的合作，GMIN将帮助快速跟踪创新和技术，以解决包括铁、钢、氧化铝和铝在内的绿色金属低成本生产方面的差距，以及澳大利亚向净零排放的过渡。”