Opinion: Canada can fast-track critical minerals and dodge US tariffs

Early results from metallurgical test work at Mina do Barroso show potential for lower capital and operating costs.

Over 2,000 megawatt-hours of new energy storage systems were brought online in Q4-2020 in the United States.

The Electric Mine Consortium’s goal is to accelerate progress towards the fully-electrified, zero-CO2 and zero-particulates mine.

The Canadian company wants to acquire 13 lithium-potassium-boron prospective salars in central Mexico.

The British Columbia-based company is working on a project that uses the hydrometallurgical Re-2Ox process to recover metals from lithium-ion, nickel-hydride and nickel-cadmium batteries.

The company has successfully completed the conversion of its Arkansas-produced lithium chloride into 99.985% pure lithium carbonate.

Engineers are working to incorporate a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in traditional lead batteries.

The Mining Association of Canada says the total 10-year projected value of $82 billion for new projects remains nearly 50% below the 2014 level of $160 billion.

It has received an installation licence for PNP1000, the initial, small-scale production phase of its Piauí nickel-cobalt project.