No-holds-barred remarks that covered everything from climate change and the role of miners in the green energy transition from the famed mining financier and founder of Ivanhoe Mines.

The Swiss miner said in May that it wanted to develop a recycling hub for EV batteries with Canada's Li-Cycle.

Measured by value, that’s a record in data going back to 2018, while in tonnage terms the mismatch is near an all-time high seen in 2019.

Long before ESG became a buzzword in corporate boardrooms, McLeod-Seltzer championed the cause.

The Canadian and Ontario governments pledged to grant the battery maker $715 million to support its cathode materials factory.

The facility, in the Ontario town of Loyalist Township, will manufacture cathode active materials and precursor cathode active materials.

The US Chamber of Commerce and BusinessEurope made the call on Monday, before President Biden hosts European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.

The company aims to become Russia's third-largest gold producer.