Nov 11, 2022
The North Dakota coal industry might seem like an improbable partner for the industry that makes materials for batteries for the rapidly growing electric vehicle market.
But that odd-couple marriage of a legacy fossil fuels industry and the emerging sector of low carbon-emission electric vehicles helps explain why Talon Metals chose a site in Mercer County in North Dakota Coal Country for a processing plant to make battery materials.
Reporter Patrick Springer joins host Thomas Evanella to detail this massive new development in Mercer County.