LocationsRecent Articles
Electra secures funding to finish Ontario battery materials refinery
Electra secures funding to finish battery materials refinery
Electra Battery Materials Corporation (ELBM-X) said it has secured funding to finish the construction and commissioning of its cobalt sulphate refinery planned for Temiskaming Shores, Ont., a major step forward for the firm's flagship project.
Amazon launches first electric delivery vans in Canada
Amazon’s (AMZN-Q) first electric delivery vans in Canada are hitting the road in Greater Vancouver starting this week, a fleet made up of 50 custom Rivian vehicles. The vans will be progressively rolled out until the end of October.
Diversys adds AI tool that optimizes recycling operations
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool that helps recycling companies better optimize their operations is the latest addition to a platform developed by Diversys Software Inc. It can produce reports to prove compliance with extended producer responsibility policies, for example.
Canada's EV supply chain is fading
Amidst a collapse in electric vehicle (EV) sales and persistent United States tariffs, there’s an emerging consensus that the grand vision to transform Canada into an EV manufacturing powerhouse is dying.
Ontario utilities are heading towards a financial cliff: Lecce
COMMENTARY: Ontario cannot harness its full economic potential with an outdated electricity distribution system that was designed for a different era when electricity demand was lower and technology was simpler, writes Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines Stephen Lecce.
How can Canada help workers through a green transition?
Canada needs better education to help fossil fuel workers stay employed, according to Canadian think tank, the C.D. Howe Institute. The report calls on the federal government to create sector-specific training programs to help workers transition to new jobs.
Canada should include climate solutions in its defence budget
OPINION: From climate change alone, Canada has sustained billions in economic losses and significant human health impacts and deaths from climate-related events. If another country were inflicting this pain and suffering, we would surely be at war with them.
Momentum slows in Vancouver's carbon reduction push
Momentum may be slowing as the City of Vancouver rolls out emissions reporting requirements and limits for large buildings, with the sector’s changing priorities and financial woes making energy retrofits less pressing for them, one expert says.
NEO Battery Materials receives $2.5M purchase order
Toronto-based NEO Battery Materials (NBM-X) has received a purchase order from a South Korean industrial robotics company. The order value is approximately $2.5 million over a targeted 24-month period.
HPQ completes latest fumed silica pilot test
HPQ Silicon Inc. (HPQ-X) has successfully completed the latest test of its fumed silica reactor pilot plant. The plant, designed and built by partner PyroGenesis Inc. (PYR-T) features a plasma-based reactor to convert quartz directly into fumed silica.
Rock Tech announces 6.9% reduction in cost of Guben plant
Toronto-based Rock Tech Lithium Inc. (RCK-X) now estimates the total capital expenditures for its lithium refinery converter in Guben, Germany are approximately $1.1 billion, compared to the prior estimate of $1.2 billion, a reduction of 6.9 per cent.
Mantle Climate adds Burdeniuk as chief growth officer
Mantle Climate has announced that Brandy Burdeniuk has joined the Toronto-based company as chief growth officer. Burdeniuk comes to Mantle from Avison Young where she was North American director of ESG since 2022.
Canada's health care sector told to decarbonize now
Canada’s health care system must cut its greenhouse gas emissions and reduce its carbon footprint for the sake of the health of all Canadians, according to panellists at the Globe and Mail's Health and Climate Change conference.
Why is Toronto considering burning its waste?
Toronto is set to run out of space at its main landfill site, the Green Lane Landfill near London, Ont., by 2035. So the city is considering incineration, or energy-from-waste — burning the waste and producing some energy from it.
Geothermal is the key to cheaper energy in the Arctic
OPINION: Energy costs in the Canadian Arctic are among the world’s highest. The solution is nearby. Beneath the frozen Arctic landscape lies an abundant source of low-cost energy: geothermal heat.
18 cars worth of microplastics flow through Don River a year
A shocking amount of microplastics — equivalent to the combined weight of around 18 cars — is estimated to flow through Toronto’s Don River into Lake Ontario every year, researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered.
Industry Events
-
Greenbuild 2025
Nov 04 2025
to Nov 07 2025
Los Angeles, CA
-
Building for Sustainability Symposium
Nov 06 2025
to Nov 07 2025
Canmore, Alberta
-
NorthX Converge 2025
Nov 19 2025
Vancouver Convention Centre
-
2025 National Building Decarbonization Forum
Nov 26 2025
to Nov 27 2025
Ottawa, ON
-
Zero Waste Conference
Nov 27 2025
Vancouver, Canada
Follow us on Social Media
Follow SBIZ on your favorite social media platform for news delivered to your feed.
Locations
