A New Era for Strategic Materials

摘要

Helping to diversify Quebec's mining activity beyond gold and iron ore, strategic commodities with robust market dynamics are paving the way to more balanced mineral wealth in the province. 2013 saw a landmark for Quebec with the production of the province's first lithium carbonates. Canada Lithium, which started construction at their Quebec Lithium mine in August 2011, produced its first sample carbonates in early summer 2013 and has plans to ramp up production to 20,000 mt/y by late in the first quarter of 2014.