How Canada’s critical minerals push may spur hundreds of thousands of jobs

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How Canada’s critical minerals push may spur hundreds of thousands of jobs

A report by a battery metals mining group highlights the potential for economic growth and job creation in Western Canada for mining critical minerals like lithium and copper.

Voyageur Advances Mine-to-Bottle Strategy for Critical Mineral Barium and Iodine Contrast Products

Prices for pharmaceutical-grade barium sulfate “are up over 40-50 percent in just a few months,” Brent Willis said, citing a jump from C$7,300 to “over C$10,000” per tonne at Voyageur Pharmaceuticals’ Calgary facility. The surge has only sharpened the company’s resolve to build a mine-to-medicine supply chain that can insulate North America from foreign dependence. The post Voyageur Advances Mine-to-Bottle Strategy for Critical Mineral Barium an…