Laurentian residents against graphite mine fear powering Pentagon, environmental ruin

The Pentagon said Lomiko Metals' graphite will be used for "defence applications" — words that make those who live near the site of the Quebec mine uneasy.

In Quebec's Laurentians region, a few kilometres from a wildlife reserve and just outside the town of Duhamel, lies a source of one of the world's most sought-after minerals for manufacturing electric vehicle batteries: graphite. Read More