Australia’s long-awaited federal critical minerals strategy was released last week giving a high-level plan of what the Australian government plans to do in making use of the country’s vast green technology-related mineral reserves. While it leaves much to be desired in commitments to the sector it lays a groundwork for future policy in the country aimed at supporting the sector. Unfortunately the plan did exactly that and very little else, only $500 million has been made by the federal government that would speed up new strategic projects, and criticisms of the plan have already materialized from BHP CEO Mike Henry. He claims “Australia’s critical minerals strategy does not need the sugar hit of more subsidies as good projects will find…