Mexico and Canada are developing a joint action plan focused on minerals, infrastructure, and supply chains, expected to be presented in the second half of the year. The plan aims to boost investment, trade, and ease regulatory hurdles. The news also touches on rising raw material costs for EV batteries, gold prices, and US initiatives in mineral procurement. Niger seeks deals for their minerals.
Mexico and Canada will present an joint action plan on minerals, infrastructure and supply chains in the second half of the year, Mexico ’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Monday after meeting with Canada ’s Minister of Trade, Dominic LeBlanc, in Mexico City.
“We are preparing during the next month the action plan between Mexico and Canada in order to expand investment, increase commerce, reduce regulatory difficulties or obstacles, and facilitate investment,” Ebrard told journalists. He also said a delegation of Mexico’s finance ministry will visit Canada to continue conversations, without providing a date.The countries will present an joint action plan on minerals, infrastructure and supply chains in the second half of the year.EV battery raw materials bill tops $2 billion for the first time since August 2023 and surging lithium, nickel prices going into 2026 puts slump definitively in the rearview mirror.Gold price hovers near $5,000 with US and China closed “The market remains in a phase of rebalancing between bulls and bears, lacking clear catalysts to break the range,” analyst says.White House confirmed the start of the project, which would combine $1.67B in private capital with a $10B loan from the US Export-Import Bank to buy and store minerals.According to FT, Nigerien officials already held discussions with interested buyers from Russia, China, the US and the UAE, but have yet to find a deal.
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