Lithium

• ‘Shocking’: Anxiety grows as southern Quebec sees boom in mining claims

  There were 112,477 mining claims approved in 2023, according to Quebec's Natural Resources Department, up from 72,631 the year before.

  Canada

  Feb 5
  
• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Wednesday, Jan. 31

  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Wednesday, Jan. 31.

  Canada

  Jan 31
  
• Advertisement
• South Korea’s Posco Holdings considering investment in Alberta lithium

  South Korean company Posco Holdings is considering investing in the exploration, development and commercialization of lithium in Alberta.

  Economy

  Nov 8, 2023
• Advertisement
• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Monday, Aug. 14

  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Monday, Aug. 14

  Aug 14, 2023
• Ford inks deal to buy lithium for electric car batteries from Quebec’s Nemaska Lithium

  Ford will buy up to 13,000 tons a year of lithium hydroxide produced at Nemaska's factory in Becancour, Que., about 150 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

  Canada

  May 22, 2023
• Canadian lithium costs more ‘because we don’t use slave labour,’ Trudeau says

  Trudeau linked the production of lithium in China with "slave labour" as he discussed his country's efforts to ramp up production of the metal used in electric vehicle batteries.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2023
• The EV revolution is igniting these surprising companies

  More EVs are showing up on the road. New economic opportunities springing up related to that. This includes service technicians, mining, charging stations and battery recycling.

  Economy

  Feb 10, 2023
• Caution urged as mining companies eye critical minerals below Quebec boreal forest

  Currently, there are nearly 400 mining exploration projects in the boreal forest of the Eeyou Istchee, the traditional lands of the James Bay Cree.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
• Advertisement
• Cree mother wonders how mining development in northern Quebec will affect food supply

  Heather House is concerned that the potential extraction of lithium and other critical minerals will exacerbate food insecurity in northern Quebec.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2023
• Advertisement
• Where trapping is still a way of life, Quebec lithium projects spark fears for future

  Companies planning to develop mines in northern Quebec believe it contains some of the world's largest deposits of spodumene, a lithium-rich mineral.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2023