#tanco — Public Fediverse posts

#Chinese owner of #Tanco #mine in #Manitoba revived talk of draining a lake to extract more #cesium from one of the world's few deposits of the mineral.
#SinomineResourceGroup is musing about long-term redevelopment of its mine; purchased in 2019 along shores of #BernicLake - a small #CanadianShield body of #water located between Whiteshell & Nopiming provincial #parks

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6897808

#Sagkeeng #FirstNation #Treaty3 #Anishinaabe #Ecocide #Canada #NativeLands #CanPoli #environmental

#Chinese #MiningCompany #SinomineResourceGroupCoLtd is considering building a #LithiumRefinery in #Manitoba & looking to team up with #Korea #LGEnergySolutionLtd - attempting to assuage #NationalSecurity concerns from federal government.
Last year, #Beijing based Sinomine put #Tanco #LithiumMine into production in MB. It ships unrefined #lithium concentrate from site to #China for use in their #EVindustry . China dominates processing of lithium - 60% of #GlobalMarket

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-chinese-mining-company-sinomine-planning-manitoba-lithium-refinery/