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Canada’s Budget 2022 calls for C$3.8B to launch Critical Minerals Strategy

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million over five years on a cash basis, starting in 2022-23, for Natural Resources Canada to provide public access to integrated data sets to inform critical mineral exploration and development; and. Specific measures proposed in Budget 2022 to support critical mineral projects include: Up to $1.5

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Earlier post.)The Earlier post.)The Harvard University.

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The Importance of Recycling and Repurposing EV Batteries

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Valuable materials such as cobalt, nickel, lithium, and copper are then extracted and refined, removing impurities to meet quality standards for reuse. This process not only conserves natural resources but also minimizes the environmental impact of battery production and disposal.

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Groundbreaking for Mercedes-Benz battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, Germany

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Mercedes-Benz held its groundbreaking ceremony for a new battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, Germany, which will help reduce resource consumption and establishing closed-loop recycling of battery raw materials. Mercedes-Benz lays the foundation for a sustainable battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim in southern Germany.

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GM Back in the EV Spotlight

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Noting similar challenges for other OEMs, Casey Selecman, a forecast director with AutoForecast Solutions, stated, “Everyone is up against it globally, there are looming threats of shortages for nickel, lithium, graphite and cobalt.” Brent Wilson is CEO of Galvanic Energy , a geoscience-driven resource exploration company.

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Momentum Technologies licenses ORNL MSX process to recover metals from spent Li-ion batteries

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Less than 5% of spent lithium-ion batteries in the United States are recycled. Several critical elements are used in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles, such as cobalt, nickel, lithium and manganese. There is an urgent need for having a domestic resource for some of these elements.

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