Raw ambition is not enough: Canada must process what it mines

Midstream capacity—the conversion of raw lithium-bearing ore into battery-grade or defence-grade materials—remains the critical gap.
Tim Hodgson
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson. Canada should not be satisfied exporting raw materials and buying back finished inputs from offshore processors, writes Mirco Wojnarowicz.

Canada has a unique combination of characteristics that should be the envy of the world: rich geology, vast mineral deposits land, and, increasingly, political ambition to unearth them and power the next generation of economic prosperity.

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