{"id":14548,"date":"2022-02-03T09:04:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=14548"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:04:01","slug":"tesla-battery-nickel-supply-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=14548","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Chooses Talon Metals In Minnesota For Nickel Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Posted on<\/span>\u00a0EVANNEX on February 03, 2022,\u00a0by<\/span>\u00a0Charles Morris<\/p>\n

\u201cI gotta have more nickel!\u201d That\u2019s what Elon Musk<\/a> said (or words to that effect) in 2020.\u00a0Nickel<\/a>\u00a0is a key raw material for cathodes, and Tesla<\/a> and other automakers are going to need more dependable, and more environmentally sensitive, sources of the metal. Currently, almost no nickel is being produced in the US, a state of affairs that Musk called \u201cobjectively very lame.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Above: A look at the Minnesota-based Talon Metals company car, a Tesla Model Y (Source:\u00a0Talon Metals<\/a>)<\/em><\/div>\n

Help may be on the way\u2014recently, Talon Nickel, a US subsidiary of Canada-based Talon Metals (TSX: TLO), secured an agreement with Tesla to supply nickel concentrate from its Tamarack Nickel Project, a joint venture with mining giant Rio Tinto in Aitkin County, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Under the terms of the agreement, Tesla has committed to purchase 75,000 metric tons (165 million lbs) of nickel concentrate over 6 years, and has a preferential right to negotiate for the purchase of more.<\/p>\n

Talon aims to achieve commercial production at the site by 2026.<\/p>\n

Talon and Tesla also hope to extract valuable by-products, such as iron and cobalt, from the nickel concentrate. It\u2019s not clear where Tesla will refine the nickel concentrate\u2014there is currently no nickel refinery in the US.<\/p>\n

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