The 31 critical minerals on Canada’s list are used to develop clean technologies, from solar panels to EV batteries. They’re all essential to lowering emissions, increasing our competitiveness, and strengthening our energy security. Canada’s list signals to investors where Canada will focus and ...
Chemicals & Resources› Mining, Metals & Minerals Critical mineral mining in Canada - statistics & facts Choose a region: Canada As of 2022, Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy has defined a list of 31 critical minerals. For nine of those critical minerals, Canada is among the world’s ...
The list includes 31 minerals. The goal of the program is to stimulate growth in the critical minerals space. Canada aims to boost the domestic value chain, from exploration to production and recycling, and become a supplier of critical minerals to the United States and other allies. (The...
The government has identified 31 minerals, including copper, lithium and nickel, that it considers critical for their strategic uses in modern technology and the energy transition, such as in electric vehicle batteries. Under the Investment Canada Act the government can approv...
As Canada seeks to drastically increase its output of 31 critical minerals, the government is also funding an infrastructure expansion to address the supply chain challenges the energy transition has faced. To be eligible for up to C$50M per project for non-governmental applicants and C$100M ...
On Friday, December 9, 2022, the federal government released the Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy (the Strategy), a comprehensive multi-disciplinary government policy package designed to facilitate increased production and processing of critical minerals vital to the green and digital economy. The gove...
Canada has sent a message to its mining sector: Stay away from state-linked money from China that targets critical minerals. Canada set new policy Oct. 28, limiting transactions between domestic critical mineral projects and foreign state-owned ente...
Right now China is the biggest global player in critical minerals — it is the world’s largest producer of half of the 31 minerals and metals Canada has listed as critical to its economy. While each country has slightly different lists and definitions of critical minerals, typically...
The increased demand for critical minerals — driven by the pick-up of the energy transition and increased electrification around the world — would likely cause a gap between supply and demand. And to overcome these challenges and support increased demand, goals mining and metals companies should ...
Some estimates suggest the annual critical minerals demand from clean energy technologies will reach more than US$400 billion by 2050. The opportunities for Canada Among the countries that stand to benefit is Canada, which is positioned to be a world leader in the energy transition given our ...