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Mining Resources for EVs

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News, insights and analysis on the mining of raw materials for use in the manufacturing and production of battery electric vehicles.

Plant at the North American Lithium (NAL) project

Piedmont poised to start supplying Tesla, LG Chem with critical minerals from Canada

Production of spodumene concentrate is set to begin this month at the North American Lithium mine in Quebec, enabling Piedmont, one of the mine’s owners, to begin delivering on recent supply deals with LG Chem and Tesla

EV Battery Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs, Quebec

Mehanaz Yakub
March 3, 2023
5 minute read

Scientists in Nano One's Burnaby facility testing solutions

Nano One and Umicore join forces to develop next-generation CAM product

By harnessing both company’s IP, Nano One and Umicore are looking to reduce costs, energy consumption and by-products of battery cathode active material

British Columbia B.C., EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Innovation & Technology Conference, Mining Resources for EVs, Quebec

Mehanaz Yakub
January 19, 2023
4 minute read

GM-Vale nickel sulphate deal is latest to showcase Canada’s battery supply chain resource and processing potential

Once Vale’s proposed nickel processing plant in Bécancour, Que., is completed by 2026, the mining giant will supply General Motors with 25,000 metric tonnes of nickel annually

EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Manufacturing, General Motors GM, Mining Resources for EVs, Quebec

Mehanaz Yakub
November 22, 2022
5 minute read

Red Maple leaf over Lithium Ion Batteries

Canada vaults to No. 2 in Bloomberg’s annual battery supply chain ranking

While China continues to lead the BloombergNEF tally, Canada’s strengths in raw materials, ESG factors and industrial infrastructure helped it jump three spots, one ahead of the U.S.

Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Battery Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs

Brian Banks
November 14, 2022
2 minute read

Federal government tightens rules to limit state-owned foreign investments in Canada’s critical minerals

The move, which says future deals will only be approved “on an exceptional basis,” comes as Canada continues to market itself as the “global supplier of choice” for critical minerals

EV Battery Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Emma Jarratt
November 2, 2022
3 minute read

Ottawa contributes $222 million to Rio Tinto plan to decarbonize, boost critical mineral output in Quebec

The $737-million partnership will dramatically cut emissions by introducing a new, low-carbon smelting technology at the Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium complex in southwestern Quebec

EV Battery Supply Chain, EV Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs

Mehanaz Yakub
October 14, 2022
3 minute read

line of representatives posing for photo holding metal chain overlaid onto Saskatchewan flag

The spotlight shines on Saskatoon as an emerging rare earth hub

Industry, government and Indigenous delegates celebrate progress on two new processing plants in the prairie city that mark Canada’s arrival as a rare earth supplier for electric vehicles and other sectors

Electric Vehicles Canada, EV Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs

Cooper Langford
September 28, 2022
3 minute read

Electra mineral processsing facility in rural forested area

LG Energy Solution strikes deals for critical battery minerals from three aspiring Canadian suppliers

The South Korean battery manufacturer — which partnered this year with Stellantis to build an EV battery plant in Windsor — has unveiled agreements to secure future lithium and cobalt output from three Canadian producers starting in 2023

EV Battery Supply Chain, Manitoba, Mining Resources for EVs, Ontario

Mehanaz Yakub
September 23, 2022
4 minute read

aerial view of North American Lithium processing facility surrounded by wooded terrain

Quebec project to be North America’s first lithium spodumene producer after $98-million restart

The northern Quebec mine has been shuttered since 2019, but surging demand for lithium from the electric vehicle battery industry and the urgency to establish a North American supply chain is giving the site new purpose

EV Battery Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs, Quebec

Mehanaz Yakub
July 11, 2022
4 minute read

collage of images including Canada parliament building, manufacturing plant, automotive design workers, processing plant

Federal government opens consultations on national Critical Mineral Strategy

A strategy white paper, released at PDAC 2022 by Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s minister of natural resources, cautions that critical mineral mining could become a “bottleneck” in EV transition without proper planning from industry

EV Battery Supply Chain, Mining Resources for EVs, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Emma Jarratt
June 21, 2022
4 minute read