Research will focus on creating a process to convert used neodymium-iron-boron magnets into rare earth oxides for new magnet production.

Last month, Redwood Materials flipped the switch on its first commercial-scale line producing a fine black powder essential to electric vehicle batteries.

The final rule lowers the permissible exposure limit of respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air for a full-shift exposure.

The $700 million facility will have an initial capacity of 90,000 metric tons per year.

Avalon and its joint venture partner SCR-Sibelco NV is developing its Separation Rapids lithium deposit near Kenora, Ontario.

The VSF X technology can also be used in battery black mass recycling processes, and it is gaining wider ground in hydrometallurgy applications.

Despite a dispute with its main contractor at Kouroussa, the miner continues to work towards achieving commercial production.