Nevada firm's $3.5B, 10-year plant commitment to Charleston area could gain it access to materials and customers from the state's EV production boom, but project contractors were not disclosed.
The U.S. Defense Dept. awarded a $120-million contract to a domestic unit of Australia-based Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. to build America's first heavy rare earth processing plant.
Canada is on track to have the first transcontinental electric highway, with plans announced by former state-owned energy firm Petro-Canada to roll out 50 high-powered electric vehicle charging stations along the 4,860-mile Trans-Canada highway by 2020.