The commodities giant will sign an offtake agreement in exchange for helping to fund the lithium processing plant that Eramet is building with China’s Tsingshan.

A deal with Northvolt would underscore Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ambitions for Canada to capture a sizable piece of the North American EV supply chain.

The automaker will get 35% of future production of battery-grade nickel sulphate and cobalt sulphate from Kuniko's exploration projects in Norway.

The Tanbreez property in Greenland takes top spot.

The deals follow a similar agreement in January with giant Chinese battery maker CATL.

Auto workers union has warned that a rapid change to EVs could put thousands of jobs at risk.

The state-owned joint venture will "shortly" sign an agreement with Argentina to secure a few lithium blocks.

Ecosystem restoration would cost between $5.3 - $5.7m per sq. km, compared with $2.7m sq. km to mine the seafloor.