Canada is the only Western nation that has an abundance of cobalt, graphite, lithium, and nickel, essential to creating the batteries and EVs of the future.
Anticorrosion coating developed at Rice University and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a good candidate for infrastructure projects and electronics.
Operations at Antamina suspended due to a roadblock set by locals who believe the mine has not lived up to its commitments to support local communities.
According to IDTechEx, Europe is making efforts to decrease the utilization of magnetic materials and especially heavy rare earths in its electric vehicles.