Circular Minerals Metals Taskforce Activator

This event is the formal launch of the Circular Minerals and Metals Taskforce and the first dedicated forum to examine where circular economy practices are already working across critical minerals and metals in Australia, where the real constraints sit, and what it will take to activate circular markets at scale.

The session focuses on operational realities, policy signals and market activation across minerals and metals

📖What you will takeaway

You will leave with a clear picture of the current state of circular minerals and metals in Australia, including where value is already being captured and where it is being left behind. The session covers:

• The 2026 Taskforce work program and how your organisation can shape it

• Where circular economy practices are already being applied across minerals and metals in Australia
• The key gaps, constraints and risks that are currently blocking circular market activation
• How circularity connects to critical minerals strategy, onshore processing and urban mining
• The policy, investment and market signals that will matter most over the next 12 to 24 months
• Where industry, government and research collaboration can unlock the biggest gains
• The 2026 Taskforce work program and how your organisation can shape it

With contributions from Circular Australia, Fortescue, BlueScope and others, the event also marks the formal launch of the Circular Minerals and Metals Taskforce. The Taskforce will support collaboration across industry, government and research to inform policy, activate markets, develop business cases and accelerate the integration of circular economy principles in traditional and urban mining and metals processing.

This event is designed for: Decision-makers and practitioners working across resources, critical minerals, policy, finance, research and adjacent sectors where minerals and metals are a critical input. If you are involved in shaping how Australia extracts, processes, reuses or governs mineral and metal resources, this conversation matters.

The event will feature a series of expert insights and case examples, including international approaches to secondary extraction, circular processing innovation and early-stage concepts such as zero-waste mine design and nature-positive resource operations. A focused conversation will explore what the sector needs next, from policy clarity to onshore processing capability and new circular business models.

A facilitated breakout room will give attendees the chance to contribute directly to the design of the 2026 Taskforce program. This will surface practical insights from processors, mining leaders and government participants on the barriers, opportunities and immediate actions needed to accelerate circular minerals in Australia.

The session will close with an invitation to join the Circular Minerals and Metals Taskforce as it formalises its 2026 work program, a pathway to engage, helping build a coordinated industry-government platform positioned to lead circular critical minerals nationally and regionally.