If the answer to the energy crisis is a faster rollout of renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, then the problem is that the current situation is hindering the solution.

General Motors will invest up to $69 million and take an equity stake in Queensland Pacific Metals.

Fer et Titane plant in Sorel-Tracy to get upgrades that include electrifying furnaces and replacing coal in a push to cut the facility’s carbon emissions in half by 2030.

The new type of batteries can be 90+% charged in less than five minutes, and they withstand a wider range of temperatures with reduced fire risk.

Britishvolt is in talks to divest its 93-hectare lot in Cambois, northern England, to Slovak startup Inobat.

From the lithium and cobalt needed for electric vehicle batteries to the rare earth metals which power wind turbines, procuring all of these metals comes at a cost to the environment.

The deal marks a further move by the world's fourth largest carmaker to lock down supplies of metals needed for batteries that power EV cars.