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Mining manufacturer secures $2.5M for EV development
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (390+ words) MacLean Engineering has secured $2.5 million in federal funding to get its new electric grader out to market. The mining equipment manufacturer said the announcement was made during the 2026 convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) currently taking place…...
Feds, province call Stellantis’ sale of equity in Ontario manufacturing plant ‘good news’
2+ week, 6+ day ago (811+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted to covering provincial politics at Queen's Park. Industry Minister M'lanie Joly said it's "good news" that Stellantis has sold its equity in an Ontario manufacturing plant…...
Feasibility study underway for Avalon's Thunder Bay lithium refinery
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (629+ words) Avalon Advanced Materials keeps building a business case for its proposed Thunder Bay lithium refinery. The Toronto company announced Jan. 20 it's hired Nordmin Engineering to lead a feasibility study to size up what a lithium hydroxide processing plant might look…...
Frontier Lithium is the first test of Ontario’s fast-track approvals process
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (781+ words) Frontier Lithium's PAK project in northwestern Ontario is first on the province's list to enter its new mine projects review and permitting fast-track process." The Sudbury mine developer's project, 175 kilometres north of Red Lake, has been accepted into the energy…...
Frontier Lithium study to determine feasibility of Thunder Bay refinery
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (440+ words) Frontier Lithium is looking to fill in the details and come up with the price tag'for its proposed Thunder Bay lithium refinery on the city's waterfront. The ambitious Sudbury-based mine developer has started a definitive feasibility study (DFS) to determine…...
Feds release $6 million for road, power links to northwestern lithium mine project
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (342+ words) Frontier Lithium has netted up to $6 million to to drive an access road and install other infrastructure into its burgeoning PAK Lithium Project in northwestern Ontario. The initial funding ... Frontier Lithium has netted up to $6 million to to drive an…...
A ‘generational project’: Thunder Bay CEDC backing proposed lithium refinery
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (354+ words) THUNDER BAY " The head of Thunder Bay's Community Economic Development Commission says if a proposed lithium conversion plant is built in the city, it would be a major boost to the local industrial base. "What this opportunity brings is new…...
Avalon grows its lithium resource at Kenora deposit
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (591+ words) Avalon Advanced Materials" lithium deposit, outside Kenora, has grown by 28 per cent since 2023. The Toronto junior miner has posted a new mineral estimate of its Separation Rapids project where the company is proposing an open-pit mine. The estimate is based…...