As demand for electric cars continues to grow, so does the need for a mineral critical to its function: nickel, which makes batteries last longer, so cars can go farther.
But the United States produces less than 1% of the world’s nickel supply, and American electric vehicle makers rely on supplies from places like Russia, China and Indonesia.
Now, one metals company, Talon, wants to turn 100 acres of American farmland into the largest source of nickel in the United States — but some are concerned about the possible impact.
Talon recently launched the Tamarack Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project located in Tamarack, Minnesota, with the goal of providing a domestic source of nickel to be used in the electric vehicle industry. The metals company drilled nearly 500 test holes — and found some of the world’s best nickel.
“This is a world class deposit,” Todd Malan, chief…
Some Minnesota residents worried about local nickel mining for EV batteries
