Officially announced in Vancouver by Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, the 52-page document outlines the government’s plan for Canada “to become a global supplier of choice for critical minerals and the clean digital technologies they enable.”
Out of a list of 31 critical minerals in Canada, the strategy prioritizes six for their economic growth potential and status as inputs for supply chains: lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, copper, and rare earth elements.
It also focuses on five segments in the critical mineral value chain: geoscience and exploration; mineral extraction; intermediate processing; advanced manufacturing; and recycling.
To build competitive value chains in Canada, the stages of the industrial process must be integrated, and all can be built domestically so that mineral resources aren’t just exported for processing before they’re re-imported as final products, the strategy says.
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