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Quebec invested over $760 M in battery companies that eventually went under, report says
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (199+ words) The Logic Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom The four companies that filed for creditor protection represented 34 per cent of $2. 2 billion the government pumped into the EV battery sector between April 2020 and September 2025, according to a provincial auditor general report. These…...
Canada Growth Fund invests in North America's largest lithium firm
4+ week, 1+ day ago (247+ words) The Logic Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom Elevra Lithium said it will expand its Quebec mine after raising $417 million, including $145 million from the Canada Growth Fund and $272 million in a public equity offering. Canada Growth Fund has the option to…...
Feds kick in $20 M for battery-grade cobalt refinery in Ontario amid critical minerals push
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (493+ words) Electra Battery Materials is building what would be the first refinery of its kind in North America OTTAWA " The federal government is giving $20 million to Toronto-based Electra Battery Materials for its cobalt sulfate refinery in northeastern Ontario, The Logic has…...
Natural resources minister expects up to 10 new projects to be moving by next year
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (245+ words) The Logic Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom Tim Hodgson told the Empire Club of Canada that one of his goals is to have five to 10 major projects with either final investment decisions made, or having broken ground by this time…...
A Dutch construction dynasty with royal ties is planning $1 B in Canadian deals
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (623+ words) Internal memos show the federal government expects Reggeborgh, which is fronted by a minor Dutch royal, to invest in infrastructure, energy transition and food security TORONTO " A firm that manages money for a prominent Dutch construction family plans to invest…...
Why foreign investment has surged into Canada
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (408+ words) Nearly half the $96. 8 billion that poured in last year came from mergers and acquisitions, and Canada's political stability has become a selling point OTTAWA " When hundreds of business leaders joined a Team Canada trade mission to Mexico last month, one…...
Canada's multibillion-dollar mining gamble is testing its trade strategy
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (431+ words) Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson touted a bevy of mining deals as Canada tries to flex its middle power muscles Canada's ambition to diversify its trade partners outside of the U. S. was on full display this week, as the government launched…...
Poilievre pitches critical-mineral stockpile as leverage in trade talks with the U. S.
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (805+ words) The Conservative leader laid out his plan to deal with the United States in carefully chosen words, but finally called out Donald Trump by name Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre insists Canada has the leverage it needs to establish free trade…...
Joly says Anglo Teck is still not offering "enough" to Canada in merger talks
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (256+ words) Canada's business and tech newsroom Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom Industry Minister M'lanie Joly, who must sign off on acquisitions of Canadian critical mineral companies, said Tuesday the government is hoping to have a decision next month on the path…...
The TSX is competing for global mining capital like never before
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (637+ words) A surge in blockbuster mining deals puts Canada's main exchange in the spotlight as the Anglo-Teck merger hangs in the balance Megamergers and government interventions have shaken up the mining sector'and the Toronto Stock Exchange faces pressure to meet the…...