In this new instalment of the Behind the Battery series, two German students came to Canada for one reason: to study at the Jeff Dahn lab at Dalhousie University. Now they are helping solve the global battery material shortage
Cyclic Materials, based in Kingston, says it will use the new funding to begin expanding operations and partnerships into the U.S. and Europe
New investments of $54 million from a strategic battery materials partner and the U.S. Department of Defense bring a new cobalt sulphate refinery in Ontario closer to reality
These details, published in separate reports last week, reflect the different ways the two projects are positioned in North America’s shifting EV marketplace
The new tariff on Chinese-made EVs will go into effect Oct. 1. A second round of consultations for other Chinese imports is also launching
The money, from Prairies Economic Development Canada, will allow the Saskatchewan Research Council to establish a bastnaesite processing unit to make ingots that can be used to produce magnets for electric vehicles
The EV project funding, which involves 10 companies, is part of a new $59-million, 15-project package spanning four NGen advanced manufacturing programs
The Canadian Battery Innovation Roadmap from the Accelerate alliance is “a strategy to establish Canada as a global leader in battery technology by 2035”
Deal leaves Li-Metal to focus on anode production, while Arcadium, which owns lithium projects in Quebec, will leverage the technology to expand its lithium processing operations
China’s biggest EV manufacturer is investigating retail and rideshare opportunities to put its passenger vehicles on Canadian roads