Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie Mine referred to the Major Projects Office

Montréal, Québec (November 13, 2025) – In a quickly altering world, we’re assembly this second and reworking our economic system from one that’s reliant on a single commerce companion, to at least one that’s stronger, extra self-sufficient and resilient to international shocks. At the core of this, is new nation-building infrastructure: ports, mines, commerce corridors, and different main initiatives that may unlock our huge pure sources and allow us to promote them to new markets throughout the nation and around the globe, whereas securing sovereign home provide chains.

Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister liable for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, was at Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Montreal workplaces to spotlight the Government of Canada’s resolution to refer the corporate’s Matawinie Mine to the Major Projects Office (MPO).

Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie Mine is a part of Canada’s technique to be a powerhouse within the extraction and upgrading of crucial minerals, together with graphite, tungsten, copper, lithium, nickel and cobalt. It will assist make sure that our crucial minerals business can flourish, and that we and our international allies can profit from our pure sources, clear applied sciences and unparalleled entry to international markets. It particularly addresses main gaps in Canada’s graphite worth chain, the place home mining is proscribed and there may be at present no refined graphite manufacturing.

Located close to Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Québec, the Matawinie Mine is an open-pit graphite mine that may redefine international battery provide chains. It will combine with the corporate’s deliberate Bécancour Battery Material Plant to supply spherical graphite utilizing Québec’s clear hydroelectricity. This spherical graphite will then be used within the manufacturing of electrical car batteries and power storage techniques.

This challenge will strengthen Canadian provide resilience, scale back dependence on carbon-intensive sources, and assist speed up the clear transition. As Canada’s first built-in graphite operation and a strategic provider to EV and defence producers, it’s a part of the Critical Minerals Production Alliance, a Canada-led G7 initiative.

The Nouveau Monde Graphite Matawinie Mine is predicted to create over one thousand new careers and draw $1.8 billion in funding. Construction will begin within the first quarter of 2026 and the mine will likely be in manufacturing by mid-2028.

This challenge is a part of the second tranche of projects  to construct our economic system, introduced by the Prime Minister right this moment. On their very own, any one in every of these initiatives is transformational. As a part of our broader nationwide methods to spice up Canada’s competitiveness, these initiatives will make our nation extra affluent and resilient for generations to return.