BATTERY MINERALS MAYBE IN SHORT SUPPLY, PDAC WARNED
March 1st, 2018
INVESTORS at this year’s Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention have been voicing concerns that the supply of key minerals used to make batteries may not be able to keep pace with demand.
At an investors forum dealing with energy materials and technologies, a series of graphite, cobalt and manganese miners highlighted the increasing demand for the minerals, and the lack of sufficient supplies to meet future expectations. Brent Nykoliation, senior vice president at Toronto-based NextSource Materials, reminded the audience that, ...
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