VW Building Its First NA Battery Cell PlantAs countries start to bring more manufacturing in-house for EVs, especially the growing trend in NA, there’s a significant market for mining companies in the NA/SA energy metal industry to take advantage of this growth. For example, Volkswagen just announced that they’re committing to exploring Canada for its first battery gigafactory in NA, and GM just signed an agreement with Vale SA for nickel sulphate for battery production in their new EVs, and it’s just the beginning. Only a minority of cars being produced are electric so as that market share continues to rise, mining companies in the sector are especially poised to take advantage of the growth.
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It’s extremely important that new mines can be created to satisfy the demand, STAG's portfolio of Brazilian and Canadian properties makes it especially interesting considering the potential. Overall, with the recently closed equity raise, the company is all cashed up and ready to begin the exploration of its newly acquired properties. I’ll be looking to see what sort of results they can produce especially with the current $1.6M valuation/.