Canada in the Race to Acquire Minerals from Outer Space
As countries and companies work on addressing the climate crisis, space mining has become a popular topic whose relevance increases, day by day. For a zero-carbon economy to thrive, an increase in the supply of various natural resources that are nonrenewable, such as battery metals, is needed. This makes up the basis for the space race, which involves various companies in the private sector as well as countries from different parts of the world. One of these countries, Canada, is a major player in the global carbon economy and, apart from being a world leader in the mining industry, is…