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Helium production in Australia is set to end. Could another source fill the gap?

Helium has many more important uses than for party balloons.  (Unsplash: Adi Goldstein)

Australia's only local production of helium is set to end in the coming months, but could a resource in the Northern Territory fill the void?

Since 2010, BOC has been Australia's only helium producer, with the gas coming as a by-product from Santos's Darwin LNG plant.

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