Towards a Western Canadian Battery Value Chain

June, 2025

Western Canada has the resources and industrial capabilities to build a world-class battery supply chain rooted in clean technology, regional specialization, global competitiveness and economic reconciliation. What’s needed is a cohesive regional strategy.

Published by the Battery Minerals Association of Canada and authored by the Transition Accelerator’s Senior Future Economy Analyst Sosthène Ung, Towards a Western Canadian Battery Value Chain shows how investments in clean energy, transport, and processing can unlock the full value of Western Canada’s resource base. Examining industrial clusters and potential projects in the region, it shows how supporting the provinces’ existing strengths while developing shared infrastructure and coordinated policy can be a powerful path to growth.

About the Author

Sosthène Ung, PhD

Senior Future Economy Analyst

Sosthène is a Senior Future Economy Analyst specializing in Critical Minerals and Metal Processing. Holding an MSc in organic chemistry and a degree in chemical engineering from Montpellier, France he also graduated from McGill University in 2022 with a PhD in green chemistry. His research focused on designing more sustainable reactions for the phosphorus industry. He also worked as a scientist intern in both academia and the industry in Taipei and Shanghai before taking a gap year at Fudan University to study Mandarin.

Passionate about education and sharing knowledge with different audiences, Sosthène has served as coordinator and scientific communicator for Pint of Science Canada and as a communications specialist for the Transition Accelerator.

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Cite as: 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