Feb 13, 2025 · The plant will produce enough battery-grade lithium to supply up to 25,000 electric vehicles a year—about 10 per cent of Canada''s EV market. "The goal of this plant is to prove
Sep 6, 2024 · Government of Canada investing almost $8.4M in critical minerals processing in Kingston, Ont. September 6, 2024 By Plant Magazine Sustainability Manufacturing The
Apr 21, 2025 · The plants, primarily located in Quebec and Ontario, include a diverse array of operations, from electric vehicle assembly facilities to those
Nov 28, 2022 · This investment will support E3 Lithium''s $87 million project for the construction of a demonstration plant specializing in lithium production. This facility will be the first step toward
Feb 27, 2025 · Frontier Lithium is getting closer to building a lithium conversion facility as part of its PAK lithium project with the purchase of industrial lands
Jun 8, 2022 · Canada''s Budget 2022 calls for C$3.8B to launch Critical Minerals Strategy. Ontario ''all in'' to develop full EV, battery supply chains: minister.
Sep 3, 2024 · The project is poised to provide high-quality, battery-grade lithium hydroxide to supply Canada''s projected demand from the rapidly growing EV
Oct 10, 2024 · Since the completion in June 2024 of its first commercial plant for extracting critical minerals from lithium-ion batteries, Lithion has signed several multi-year agreements for
Mar 5, 2025 · Frontier Lithium is currently developing the Pakeagama (PAK) lithium project north of Red Lake, Ontario, in a joint venture with Mitsubishi. A
Jun 10, 2025 · The facility will process black mass — a powder derived from shredded batteries — using modular technology developed with Singapore-based partner Green Li-ion.
Apr 25, 2024 · In March 2022, automaker Stellantis and South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution announced they''re building a large-scale electric
May 29, 2024 · A news release said the new facility will fill a critical gap in Canada''s electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain by establishing Canada''s
Feb 26, 2025 · The former site of the Thunder Bay generating station is Frontier Lithium''s preferred spot to build a lithium conversion plant. The Sudbury
A concept design of Frontier Lithium's proposed processing plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Courtesy of Frontier Lithium. Frontier Lithium got a vote of confidence from both the federal and Ontario governments on Tuesday, with the announcement of potential funding support for the construction of a lithium conversion facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
This article was originally published in the Spring 2025 issue of Plant. Ontario's $1.7 billion lithium-ion battery separator manufacturing facility in Port Colborne is expected to be completed in 2027.
“Operation of the plant and connection to the supply chain in northern Ontario will not only provide financial and social benefits to an economically vulnerable part of the country, but it will ensure a supply of lithium chemicals to EV battery manufacturers and EV manufacturers,” says Ugurgel.
The former site of the Thunder Bay generating station is Frontier Lithium’s preferred spot to build a lithium conversion plant. The Sudbury company announced Feb. 25 that it expects to seal the deal on Friday to acquire the 183-acre brownfield land on Mission Island along the city’s harbourfront. A company representative confirmed the site.
Frontier Lithium’s multi-hundred-million-dollar PAK Lithium Project is the first fully integrated lithium development initiative in Canada. It supports the Government of Canada’s goal of developing Canadian end-to-end supply chains for critical minerals in the face of an increasingly uncertain world.
Photo: Frontier Lithium Ontario is on track to get its first lithium hydroxide facility courtesy of Frontier Lithium, Electric Autonomy can exclusively reveal, in the Township of Nairn and Hyman just 40 minutes west of Sudbury.
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