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Article content Chris Doornbos, chief executive of Calgary-based E3 Metals Corp, looks at Alberta’s vast depleted oil and gas reservoirs and sees only opportunity. His company is testing technology that, if successful, would extract lithium from the brine in old wells, which eventually could find its way into the batteries that power electric vehicles. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Meet the company that's looking to mine lithium from Alberta's old oil and gas wells Back to video “It’s a big opportunity for the province because produci...

Nickel price: Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal Indonesia. (Image by theseasodeep0, Pixabay) Indonesia will no longer permit mining waste to be disposed in the ocean to allay concerns about the environmental impact of processing nickel used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, a government official and a corporate mining source said. The Southeast Asian nation, the world’s biggest nickel producer, has not officially banned so-called deep sea tailings (DST) but by not issuing new permits it could delay planned projects and complicate efforts to dispose of waste. Sign Up for the Batte...