Australia and India both gain from the promise of expanding trade in lithium resources, said the Australian High Commissioner, Barry OFarrell on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Australia and India both gain from the promise of expanding trade in lithium resources, said the Australian High Commissioner, Barry O Farrell on Thursday.
While speaking at a session of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce on Lithium: Powering a New Australia-India Partnership , he said both the countries stand to gain from the promise of expanding trade in lithium resources. Lithium, and Li-ion and other technologies, will can play a key role. Indeed, India s ambitious renewable energy targets have led to an expansion of its clean energy commitments, he said.
O Farrell added, Lithium metal-based battery technologies will form the key component of the push for the rollout of EV and hybrid vehicle and Australia and India both stand to gain from the promise of expanding trade in lithium resources.
Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O Farrell
India, Australia will gain from expanded trade of lithium resources, says Aus High Commissioner Barry O Farrell ANI | Updated: Jan 08, 2021 06:17 IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Australia and India both gain from the promise of expanding trade in lithium resources, said the Australian High Commissioner, Barry O Farrell on Thursday.
While speaking at a session of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce on Lithium: Powering a New Australia-India Partnership , he said both the countries stand to gain from the promise of expanding trade in lithium resources. Lithium, and Li-ion and other technologies, will can play a key role. Indeed, India s ambitious renewable energy targets have led to an expansion of its clean energy commitments, he said.
‘Among others, mining, electric mobility, and IT are potential areas for collaboration’
Minister for Industries and Commerce Mekapati Goutham Reddy has exhorted senior officials of the Government of Western Australia (GoWA) and its trade representatives to explore the opportunities in Andhra Pradesh and become a partner in its growth.
Mining, electric vehicles and battery technology, infrastructure and financing, textiles and apparel, higher and vocational education, and training and skill development are some of the potential areas for collaboration, the Minister has suggested.
Growth engine
Addressing a virtual summit on ‘Western Australia turning to India: Investing in its future’, jointly organised by the GoWA and the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce (IACC) on Thursday, Mr. Goutham Reddy said the State identified mining as one of its growth engines and issued 380 leases for major minerals, 1,735 quarry leases for cut and dressed blocks of granites, 1,083 quarry l