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https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resources-canada/news/2017/06/minister_carr_totraveltochina.html

Minister Carr to Travel to China

Media Advisory

From Natural Resources Canada

OTTAWA — Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, will travel to China from June 5 to 9, 2017, to build on Canada’s and China’s strong trade and investment relationship and to promote Canada’s resource products and expertise, including forest products, energy and clean technologies. The Minister will be accompanied by a delegation comprising senior industry representatives from Canada’s forest, energy and clean technology sectors, as well as provincial representatives and Indigenous leaders.

Minister Carr will deliver a keynote address at Canada in Conversation, a speaker’s series hosted by Canada’s Embassy in China; meet with his international counterparts as part of the Clean Energy Ministerial and discuss ways to advance commitments under Mission Innovation; participate in the launch of the Sino–Canadian Eco-district and open its new Wood Science Centre.  

Minister Carr will host a number of roundtables with industry and meet with his Chinese counterparts to advance collaborative efforts on clean energy and pursue trade opportunities to diversify international markets for Canadian resources, including wood products and clean technologies.

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https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/plansperformancereports/rpp/2016-2017/pdf/NRCan_RPP_2016-17-eng.pdf

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NRCan has identified a series of measures to seize these opportunities. In
2016-17, it will strengthen its risk responses by:
• Rolling out initiatives related to Mission Innovation
• Advancing North American energy collaboration
• Pursuing partnerships on RD&D in energy, green mining and forestry
• Investing in clean technology producers, providing more support for
emerging clean technology manufactures and exports
• Supporting innovation and the use of clean technologies in the resource
sector (energy, mining, forestry)
• Fostering innovation related to rare earth elements and chromite
• Pursuing new wood-based products

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Planning Highlights
Rare earth element (REE) and chromite – In consultation with industry stakeholders,
academics and international partners, NRCan will identify knowledge gaps, develop process
flow sheets and assess market opportunities for REE and chromite processing. Furthering
collaborations and R&D in this area will help contribute to climate change commitments as
REE’s are used in the development of clean technologies and can help reduce GHG emissions.

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https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tender-notice/PW-16-00716502

ARCHIVED R&D Gaps Analysis for Development of the Ring of Fire Chromite Deposits. (NRCan-5000019358A)

THIS RFP REPLACES RFP# NRCan-5000019358

REQUIREMENT

By means of this RFP, NRCan is seeking proposals from Bidders to perform a global R&D gaps analysis on research and development needs for the emerging Canadian chromite industry to ensure that it has the technical capacity to reach production.

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https://buyandsell.gc.ca/cds/public/2016/01/22/9a5da6b12c093ffd612a8527c5861731/nrcan-5000019353_en_-_2.pdf

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
FOR
EXPLORATORY FULL REDUCTION TESTS FOR KWG MATERIAL
FOR
NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA (NRCAN)

2.  Summary
By means of this RFP, NRCan is seeking proposals from bidders to perform a series of reduction and
smelting tests involving chromite ores from the Ring of Fire area, to determine the rate of reduction and to
provide products/materials formed at specified experimental conditions. The results will serve as an
exploratory level assessment of the full reduction technology with various catalysts and for designing Year 2
experimental studies. The products representing various reduction conditions and sample characteristics will
be used for advanced characterization purposes.