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Vital Metals expands its Tardiff Scoping Study to evaluate niobium recovery potential, aiming to enhance project value and strengthen Canada’s rare earth supply chain.
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Canada wants a new heavy rare-earth supply chain. Can Torngat’s new CEO get Strange Lake built?

Torngat Metals has installed Michael McCann as Chief Executive Officer as its Strange Lake rare-earth project moves from feasibility work toward environmental approvals, financing and eventual construction. The privately held Canadian developer could support around 1,000 construction jobs and hundreds of operating positions, but the employment opportunity remains dependent on regulatory approval and project financing.
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Elevra secures a major LG lithium contract, but why does pricing remain the biggest risk?

Elevra Lithium has secured a binding 240,000-tonne spodumene supply agreement with LG Energy Solution, strengthening demand visibility for its Québec operation. However, undisclosed pricing protections, volatile realised prices, negative group operating cash flow and a planned expansion to 373,000 tonnes annually leave important questions about future profitability.
Editorial infographic showing Cleveland-Cliffs’ dispute over Stelco’s Hamilton Works idling, with a steel plant interior, Canada map highlighting Hamilton, Ontario, and legal-investment visuals summarising the idling of finishing operations, potential impact on up to 500 employees and scrutiny of 2024 acquisition commitments.
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Cleveland-Cliffs promised to protect Stelco jobs. Why is Canada now threatening enforcement over 500 workers?

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is facing escalating pressure from the Canadian government after Stelco began idling finishing operations at Hamilton Works, potentially affecting up to 500 employees. The dispute is unusually consequential because employment protections formed part of the binding commitments attached to Cleveland-Cliffs' 2024 acquisition of Stelco. What might otherwise have been an industrial restructuring has therefore become a test of how aggressively Canada will enforce foreign-investment promises when market conditions deteriorate.