##  [Building Canada's Emerging Rare Earth Elements and Chromite Industry Through Technological Innovation](/resource/building-canadas-emerging-rare-earth-elements-and-chromite-industry-through-technological) 

Organization

[Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)](/organization/natural-resources-canada-nrcan)

[Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA)](/organization/canadian-land-reclamation-association-clra)

 

 

Project

[National CLRA Conference Papers](/project/national-clra-conference-papers)

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Bryan Tisch

Janice Zinck

 

 

Original Authors

Bryan Tisch

Janice Zinck

 

 

Resource Date:

2016

 

Page Length

4

 

 

In recent years, the steady, reliable, and secure supply of critical metals has become  
increasingly important to major industrialized economies that seek to sustain their  
industrial base and develop advanced technologies, such as clean energy. In light of  
this, Canada, with its significant critical metal reserves, has an opportunity to supply  
some of the global demand for critical metals. However, to transition from promising  
mineral deposits to marketable products, investment in fundamental R&D and expertise  
is needed to address the complex technological challenges around the production,  
separation and processing of critical metals, and to better understand the global market  
for these key commodities. For many small and medium enterprises, investing in R&D is  
extremely challenging with their limited resources; federal investment in R&D would  
catalyze the development and growth of new businesses and high-value jobs. As a  
result, the Government of Canada is investing $23 million over six years to accelerate  
the production of rare earth elements (REE) and chromite/ferrochrome. This industryled  
program delivered by CanmetMINING, Natural Resources Canada has the goal to  
equip these emerging Canadian industries with the technological innovation needed to  
reach production.