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November 15, 2022 12:01 PM

Canada's battery supply chain jumps into 2nd spot on BloombergNEF global ranking

'Our vision to build a battery ecosystem from mine to recycling has attracted billions in investments and positioned Canada as a leader'

Greg Layson
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    China currently hosts 75 per cent of all battery cell manufacturing capacity and 90 per cent of anode and electrolyte production. 

    Canada’s investment in mining and battery materials appears to be paying off.

    BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) puts Canada second on its most recent annual global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking.

    BNEF is Bloomberg's primary research service. It covers clean energy, advanced transport, digital industry, innovative materials and commodities.

    Canada’s rise to second spot this year, up from five a year ago, “reflects its large raw material resources and mining activity, as well as its good positioning in environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) and infrastructure, innovation, and industry.”

    However, BNEF was quick to note that “a lack of significant cell and component manufacturing capacity means that most of the value of these resources is realized outside of the country, although recent announcements from the likes of BASF, General Motors and Posco show an increase in battery investments.”

    Nonetheless, Canada’s Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champaign celebrated the news on Twitter.

    "Our vision to build a battery ecosystem from mine to recycling has attracted billions in investments and positioned Canada as a leader," he said in a tweet.

    BNEF also said Canada is seeing increasing competitiveness  and demand for critical minerals due in part to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

    Meanwhile, China continues to dominate BNEF’s ranking. For the third consecutive year, it finished first for both 2022 and its five-year projection for 2027.

    BNEF 2022 global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking

    Here we present the rankings of brands as a whole based on their average reliability scores for their models that CR has data for. We list whether the brand's rank went up or down since our last survey, and identify the most reliable and least reliable model scores within each brand.
    Overall Rank Country Raw materials Battery manufacturing ESG Industry, innovation and infrastructure Downstream demand
    1China111791
    2Canada386410
    3U.S.641652
    4Finland9152111
    5Norway1810137
    6Germany216472
    7South Korea1721065
    8Sweden219328
    9Japan1338128
    10Australia21591311
    11France24105105
    12U.K.2615784
    13Czechia23105105
    14Poland245151615
    15Hungary266131420
    16Chile718142319
    17Turkey1518211513
    18India1310262113
    19Vietnam2010201817
    20South Africa818191726
    21Brazil418232220
    22Indonesia518222725
    23Argentina1118121926
    24Slovakia2618182524
    25Thailand2618242016
    26Philippines1018292822
    27Mexico1618272623
    28Morocco1918252428
    29DRC1118302930
    30Bolivia2618283028
    Note: "Ill" stands for infrastructure, innovation, and industry.
    Source: BloombergNEF

    China currently hosts 75 per cent of all battery cell manufacturing capacity and 90 per cent of anode and electrolyte production. 

    The increasing prices of lithium has also led to higher investments in carbonate and hydroxide refinery facilities in the country, making it the leading refiner of battery metals globally, BNEF said.

    “This year, the changes in the overall rankings were mostly driven by the greater access to several key raw materials and manufacturing capacities domestically. Countries that are not necessarily the largest producers or manufacturers but have significant presence across several areas in battery metals and minerals extraction, as well as manufacturing, fared better than countries that excel mostly in a single commodity or component,” Allan Ray Restauro, metals and mining analyst at BNEF, said in a statement. “Success in the battery supply chain is increasingly determined by more than one category or metric. A solid foundation on domestically realized resource wealth, bolstered by responsible and ethical production, is the main theme of the rankings this year as countries and the industry strive for a sustainable supply chain.”

    The US dropped to third in the rankings despite the strong growth in battery demand due to the Inflation Reduction Act.

    “The Inflation Reduction Act is a major upside for battery demand in the US but, more importantly, it will change the supply landscape in the coming years. The law is the closest thing to industrial policy for batteries that the U.S. has ever had and makes this the most exciting decade yet for the American battery industry,” Yayoi Sekine, head of energy storage at BNEF, said in the same statement. “Companies are looking to maximize battery cell, module and material production incentives and comply with electric-vehicle credit requirements, which will bring more capacity to the country and its allies.”

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