2025 Policy Priorities
​State Economic Development

In 2025 SACOME will continue to champion policy measures that drive economic development for the resources sector and the State.
​In so doing, SACOME aims to address long-standing barriers to development; and enable the growth of new types of industrial activity at a time of major transition.

​Northern Water Project

SACOME reiterates its strong support for the Northern Water Project and calls for continued effort by the South Australian Government to bring it to development.

The Northern Water Project remains a critical enabler to growth of the South Australian resources sector and the South Australian Government’s hydrogen and green industry transition goals.

Completion of the Northern Water Project achieves supply of water as an input to industrial process in the Far North, facilitates further development of the Gawler Craton, plays a critical role in production of copper in the Far North, green iron/steel and hydrogen in the Upper Spencer Gulf and provides a new source of water for the Eastern Eyre Peninsula.

Further information and Northern Water Project Timeline here

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Resources Sector Heat Map & Infrastructure Corridors
SACOME calls for the completion and implementation of the South Australian Resources Sector Economic Heatmap and Resources Infrastructure Corridors initiatives.

Over the past two decades, the South Australian Government has made considerable effort to better understand where mineral and petroleum resources are located across the State.

Further information here

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Carbon Capture & Storage Industry Development
SACOME calls on the South Australian Government to provide support for the construction of a pipeline from Port Bonython to Moomba to facilitate development of an international carbon storage industry based in South Australia.

Furthermore, SACOME calls for the South Australian Government to progress dialogue with the Federal Government to establish bi-lateral agreements that facilitate the international trade of carbon.

Further information here

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Green Iron & Steel Industry Development
SACOME calls for the South Australian Government to undertake a Green Iron & Steel Sector Supply Chain Study to inform the strategic development of a South Australian Green Iron & Steel Industry.

While the Green Iron & Steel Strategy and Green Iron Opportunity Expression of Interest signal the Government’s policy intent, industry development must be supported by whole-of-supply chain understanding.
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Further information here

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Critical Minerals Acceleration
SACOME calls for completion of a Critical Minerals to Metals Strategy and the provisioning of $50 million as an initial investment in the proposed Critical Minerals Development Fund.

This would capture the full value chain of South Australia’s resources and act as a jurisdictional advantage in accelerating development of critical minerals projects in South Australia.

​Further information here