Canada’s latest federal budget will include an investment of at least US$1.6 billion for a strategy to accelerate the production and processing of critical minerals required for the electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain, according to two senior government sources. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will reveal...
Canadian firm First Cobalt will change its name to Electra Battery Materials, as it looks to deliver North America’s first specialist facility for producing electric vehicle (EV) battery materials such as cathode chemicals. The TSXV-listed firm, which owns three cobalt assets across North America, now aims...
BHP has announced a strategic partnership with Tesla that will see it supply the electric vehicle (EV) maker with nickel from its Western Australia (WA) operations. The world’s largest mining company said the product Tesla will receive from its Nickel West asset in WA will be...