Category: Canada

Canadian, German, and Australian mineral explorers aim to secure premium prices for crucial metals in electric vehicles, and to reduce dependence on China's dominant role in the market. (Photo: Lynas)
Estimated read time 4 min read
Australia Business Canada China Germany

Miners aim to break China’s dominance in rare earth minerals

  • Post Date 11/08/2023

In a bid to challenge China’s stranglehold on the production and supply of rare earth metals, several Canadian, German, and Australian mining companies are devising [more…]

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) directed the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project to cease operations in a wetland area near Abbotsford, British Columbia. (Photo: Dennis Owen | Reuters)
Estimated read time 3 min read
Business Canada

Environmental concerns and costs plague Trans Mountain Oil pipeline expansion project

  • Post Date 11/03/2023

The Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, a Canadian government-owned initiative, has once again encountered a roadblock as the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) issued an [more…]

Oct. 30, 2023 - Canadian Solar intends to construct an $800 million production facility in Jeffersonville, Indiana, creating hundreds of jobs in the Louisville area. (Photo: Solar Industry)
Estimated read time 3 min read
Business Canada U.S.

Canadian Solar to brighten Indiana with $800 million solar production facility

  • Post Date 10/30/2023

In a move set to illuminate the future of renewable energy in the United States, Canadian Solar, a prominent solar power product manufacturing company, has [more…]

October 10, 2023 - A strike at General Motors’ Canadian plants is over less than a day after it started, according to Unifor, the union that represents more than 4,000 autoworkers at the company. (Photo: Getty Images)
Estimated read time 2 min read
Business Canada

Canadian auto workers and GM reach Preliminary contract agreement to end strike

  • Post Date 10/10/2023

General Motors and the Canadian auto workers’ union have reached a tentative contract agreement, ending a strike that began shortly after midnight. Approximately 4,300 striking [more…]