Establishing U.S. supply chain security

On February 24, 2021, U.S. President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains, the text of which reads as follows.  Themoneynarrative has highlighted in bold portions of the text that we believe may be of particular interest to investors:

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Global competition in the lithium ion batteries space

Themoneynarrative presents, for educational purposes, a transcript of the opening statement presented on Monday, February 22, 2021, by Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, House of Commons, Canada:

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Critical minerals supply #2

One year ago, on June 19, 2019, we wrote about critical elements in the U.S. supply chain (see Critical minerals supply).  The issues identified then remain.  On June 24, 2020, Simon Moores, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Managing Director, testified as an expert witness before the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.  Here is the transcript of his opening statement: Continue reading “Critical minerals supply #2”

An electrifying future for Quebec

Themoneynarrative is pleased to present, for educational purposes, an Op-Ed article written by Nouveau Monde Graphite’s (NOU.V) President and CEO, Eric Desaulniers, which looks at their role in clean and renewable energy and responsible and sustainable mining operations. Continue reading “An electrifying future for Quebec”

Global cobalt supply

Back in August 2019 Glencore announced that its cobalt mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo would be placed on care and maintenance for at least two years.  Now, the operations, representing twenty per cent of the world’s cobalt supply, are off line a month earlier than expected. Continue reading “Global cobalt supply”