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Progress continues on First Cobalt battery plant
Once complete, the expanded facility will become the only refiner of battery-grade cobalt sulfate—products used to make electric-vehicle batteries—in North America, and the second largest outside China.
Lafarge supplies near-zero CO2 footprint cement on Kingston project
Lafarge is working with Habitat for Humanity on the project, and will donate all the concrete required for the building’s footing, walls and floors.
Is the supply chain prepared for construction sites to ramp back up?
The Canadian construction industry has felt supply chain strains more than most, as supply shortages have been seriously affecting availability, cost and timely delivery of materials.
Feds, province spend $42 million on projects across Ontario
At $27.6 million, Toronto will receive the lion’s share of the funding. The city and its partners will put the money toward 14 cultural, community and active transportation infrastructure projects.
Nearly half of Ontario municipal infrastructure in need of repair, watchdog reports
Ontario's fiscal watchdog estimates 45 per cent of municipal infrastructure in the province needs repairs, which it says will cost about $52 billion.