Freyr plans to start a pilot plant near the Arctic Circle in Norway by next year.

Mining profits reach $230 billion a year, topped only by oil & gas, pharma; Lithium prices continue to soar – up 88% in 2021; Massive new port could give Vale back iron ore crown.

The US government is working to help American miners and battery makers expand into Canada, part of a strategy to boost regional production of minerals used to make electric vehicles and counter Chinese dominance.

Urbix has developed a spheroidization process to make natural anode-grade graphite compete with synthetic anodes.

Canada can leverage its mining and processing expertise as well as its natural resource endowment and its world-leading environmental, social, and governance credentials.