During the G7 Ministerial Meeting on Industry and Technological Innovation, Canada and Italy released a Statement of Intent to deepen collaboration on critical minerals and raw materials. This builds on the Italy-Canada Roadmap for Enhanced Cooperation and Canada’s 2022 Critical Minerals Strategy. Both countries are committed to strengthening energy security and sustainability through regular…

Critical minerals serve as the backbone of modern technology, indispensable in a vast array of products from mobile phones and solar panels to electric vehicle batteries, medical devices, and defense applications.The Government of Canada acknowledged the importance of critical minerals, identifying 34 minerals and metals on its critical minerals list, found below. Initially introduced in…