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  • Carbfix Talon Metals DOE Tamarack Rio Tinto clean energy domestic mine Minnesota

    DOE funds carbon antimining at Tamarack

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    The United States Department of Energy is investing $2.2 million to explore the holy grail of clean energy projects – a domestic mine that helps to supply the nickel and copper needed to achieve America's electric vehicle and renewable energy ambitions while also pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it as a mineral in rocks for geological periods of time. Global mining company Rio Tinto is contributing another $4 million and is leading this three-year r...

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    Tesla cuts deal for Minnesota nickel

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    As the competition for supplies of the minerals and metals needed to build electric vehicles heats up, Tesla Inc. has cut a deal to secure the nickel for the lithium-ion batteries to power its future EVs from Talon Metals Corp.'s Tamarack project in Minnesota. Located 54 miles west of Duluth, the Tamarack project is slated to produce roughly 28 million pounds of nickel, plus 17 million lb of copper, per year over the first nine years of mining. Talon's commitment to reducing t...