In this section, you will find the critical minerals and materials projects and reports I have worked on, along with related articles and interviews found in the news, and a list of presentations I gave.
In the News
Here is a list of news articles citing work I have been involved in:
Lauerman, V., What It Will Take For Canada To Become A Major Lithium Producer. DOB Energy. January 22, 2026. https://www.dobenergy.com/news/headlines/2026/01/22/what-it-will-take-for-canada-to-become-a-major-lit
Rabinovitch, A., How Canada’s Critical Minerals Push May Spur Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs | Global News Canada. June 26, 2025. https://globalnews.ca/news/11260771/critical-minerals-canada-jobs/
Friedman, G., Western Canada Holds Potential to Become a “Critical Minerals Processing Behemoth,” Expert Says. Financial Post. June 24, 2025. https://financialpost.com/commodities/mining/western-canada-critical-minerals-processing-behemoth/
Southin, T., Eaton, D., Ung, S., Critical mineral processing will protect Canada’s EV industry. The Hill Times. March 19, 2025. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/03/19/critical-mineral-processing-will-protect-canadas-ev-industry/454048/
Reports
Here is a list of reports I have authored or co-authored:
Ung, S. (June 2025). From Rocks to Power: Strategies to Unlock Canada’s Critical Minerals for Global Leadership in Energy Storage, EVs, and Beyond. Battery Metals Association of Canada, The Transition Accelerator, and Energy Futures Lab. Version 1.0 Link
Ung S., (June 2025). Towards a Western Canadian Battery Value Chain. Battery Metals Association of Canada, The Transition Accelerator, and Energy Futures Lab. Version 1.0 Link
Talks
This is a list of talks and presentations I either gave or prepared about critical minerals to various conferences, seminars and workshops:
4 Years of Critical Mineral Value Chains Analysis: Takeaways for the Central Alberta Corridor; WCCMA Red Deer Workshop; Red Deer; October 21, 2025.
Strategies & Hubs: Catalyzing Canada’s Battery and Magnet Value Chains; Conference of Metallurgy and Materials Symposium (COM 2025); Montreal; July 8, 2025.
Presentations for a series of 3 workshops on regional industrial clusters, gathering industries and governments from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Territories, with a focus on local critical minerals and materials value chains. Battery Metals Association of Canada (BMAC) in collaboration with TA & EFL, Online, 2024-25.
Metals Strategies: Competitive Advantages of Innovative & Optimized Materials Processing; BMAC Charged Conference; Calgary; October 29, 2024.
Presentations for a series of 4 workshops on critical minerals strategies gathering technical experts from Canadian industries, with a focus on copper, graphite, iron, lithium, nickel, phosphate, rare earth elements and vanadium. Battery Metals Association of Canada (BMAC) in collaboration with TA & EFL, Online, 2023-24.
Sosthène P.-M. Ung 