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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Lithium in Saskatchewan, hiring paramedics out of Australia, and more snow melting. Here’s your morning rewind for the Wednesday, Jan. 31, edition of Global News Morning Saskatoon. Grounded Lithium discusses the mineral in Saskatchewan Grounded Lithium CEO Gregg Smith said it’s been …
Read More »Japanese company considering Manitoba for $1.6B lithium ion battery facility – Winnipeg
A Japan-based company is eyeing Manitoba as a potential spot to build a $1.6-billion lithium ion battery separator manufacturing facility, sources have told 680 CJOB. The company is considering a parcel of city-owned land near the West End Water Pollution Control Centre close to Wilkes Avenue and the Perimeter Highway. …
Read More »Next step in Ontario EV auto strategy is a lithium hydroxide plant: minister
TORONTO — Ontario Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli calls it the “sleeper story” of the province’s massive auto industry transition. Now that his quest to establish end-to-end electric vehicle production in the province has landed two battery plants, he’s setting his sights on lithium hydroxide, a critical component of those …
Read More »How electric vehicles are ‘fuelling’ the economy of the future
In a nondescript workshop next to a giant service garage in Burnaby, B.C., the next generation of students and instructors is learning the ins and outs of servicing and repairing electric vehicles. You might associate automotive work with grease, spare parts and noise. But here, the work is quiet – …
Read More »Canada has dozens of critical minerals. Here are the key ones and how they are used – National
Canada’s new billion-dollar plan to boost its critical minerals sector will focus on six particular materials that are crucial components of electric vehicles, clean energy technologies and more. While the strategy unveiled Friday lists 31 minerals it classified as “critical,” the six that are under the spotlight — lithium, graphite, …
Read More »Lithium extraction could be a boon for Alberta, but it comes with environmental uncertainties
The word mining conjures up visions of environmental destruction and ecosystem disruption, like mountain-top removal coal mining, or the surface mining in the Athabasca oil sands. But lithium brine mining is quite different, at least as envisioned for Alberta’s still-undeveloped industry. The provincial government and the private sector have for years …
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