Quebec is becoming known for mining project funding that hands out several hundred million dollars a year and promotes the province as a battery metals hotspot.

Currently, LFP batteries represent close to 30% of all EV batteries.

China, with an output of 395,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate in 2022, is the world's top smelter of the metal.

Greater Bay Technology claims to have overcome one of the key sticking points for EV owners — the loss of power capability and range in cold climates.

The French mining and metallurgy company is due to start lithium production in neighbouring Argentina next year.

Gotion High-Tech Co. recently unveiled a lithium-iron-manganese-phosphate battery.

China, by far the world leader in battery production, has at least 180 large battery factories.

Lawmakers in Chile gave final approval in May for a long-awaited mining tax reform.