Jim Chalmers to push for incentives for sustainable mining amid concerns over Australian nickel

‘We should look to reward sellers that invest in improving the quality and sustainability of critical minerals,’ Jim Chalmers says. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, will call for incentives for producers of environmentally sustainable critical minerals in a major international speech.

Chalmers will speak to the G20 economic ministers in São Paulo overnight, warning that Australia’s growth in the last quarter was “quite weak” and the soft landing to reduce inflation without a recession is “assumed but not assured”.