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11/17/22

Sustainability

Vale and GM Sign Long-Term Nickel Supply Agreement in Canada Critical to North American EV Supply Chain

TORONTO and DETROIT – Vale Canada Limited, a subsidiary of Vale, and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM), announced today they have signed a term sheet for the long-term supply of battery grade nickel sulfate from Vale’s proposed plant at Bécancour, Québec, Canada. This agreement secures for GM a supply of nickel sulfate from a U.S. free-trade partner to support its fast-growing EV production needs in North America. 

Under terms of the agreement, Vale will supply battery grade nickel sulfate, equivalent to 25,000 metric tons per year of contained nickel, for use in GM’s Ultium battery cathodes, which will power a broad portfolio of electric vehicles including the Chevrolet Silverado EV, Blazer EV and Equinox EV, the Cadillac LYRIQ, the GMC Sierra EV, and the GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and SUV. The amount of contained nickel is sufficient to supply approximately 350,000 EVs annually. Deliveries are targeted to commence in the second half of 2026. 

This initiative highlights Vale’s uniquely strategic position to be the supplier of choice to the EV industry, leveraging its low-carbon footprint and market-leading position as North America’s largest producer of finished nickel. Nickel sulfate is the chemical compound used in the production of pre-cathode active materials for nickel-based lithium-ion batteries.

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“This is a momentous agreement for Vale Base Metals that brings a key partner in GM into this first-of-its-kind facility for Canada and North America,” said Vale Executive Vice President of Base Metals, Deshnee Naidoo. “The proposed nickel sulfate project would utilize high purity, low-carbon nickel from our Canadian refineries and is a natural extension for the business, offering diversified sales and a fast entry and anchor point into the North American electric vehicle market. We look forward to continuing engagements with the governments of Canada and Quebec on this strategic critical mineral project.” 

“GM’s dedicated cross-functional organization — including experts from global purchasing and supply chain, corporate development, legal, finance and treasury — is strictly focused on building a secure, sustainable, scalable and cost-competitive EV supply chain,” said Doug Parks, GM executive vice president of Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain. “Their work has already allowed GM to sign multiple binding agreements to secure the battery raw material to support 1 million units of annual EV capacity in North America in 2025. This new agreement with Vale reinforces GM’s leadership in building a secure and sustainable North America EV supply chain and will provide GM with significant supply of high-grade nickel sulfate from a low-carbon source.” 

“In addition, Canada continues to play an important role in GM’s all-electric future and the material sourced from Vale will help support EV eligibility for consumer incentives under the new clean energy tax credits in the U.S.,” said Parks. 

Vale and GM have also agreed to study collaborative ways to partner on advanced technology development and commercialization pathways to harvest recycled metals. 
“This announcement between Vale and GM builds on Canada’s world-leading EV battery industry,” said the Honorable François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. “It’s become even more clear that Canada can be the supplier of choice for the electric cars of the future. By leveraging Canadian critical minerals, we will see more jobs for Canadians, a growing economy and a greener and cleaner future for everyone.” 

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Photo credit: GM 

“The signing of this agreement confirms that the biggest players in the industry want to invest here and enter our supply chain. We have the resources and the expertise to produce the cleanest battery in the world, and this news will certainly contribute to that,” said Pierre Fitzgibbon, Québec's Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Minister Responsible for Regional Economic Development and Minister Responsible for the Metropolis and the Montréal Region. 

Vale S.A.’s base metals business is one of the world's largest producers of high-quality nickel and an important producer of copper and responsibly sourced cobalt. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and operations in Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, Indonesia and Brazil, the business delivers critical building blocks for a cleaner, greener future. 

General Motors (NYSE:GM) is a global company focused on advancing an all-electric future that is inclusive and accessible to all. At the heart of this strategy is the Ultium battery platform, which will power everything from mass-market to high-performance vehicles. General Motors, its subsidiaries and its joint venture entities sell vehicles under the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Baojun and Wuling brands. More information on the company and its subsidiaries, including OnStar, a global leader in vehicle safety and security services, can be found at https://www.gm.com.
 

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2    images_path = "/documents/d/guest/" 
3    namespace = "com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_" + stringUtil.randomId() 
4    newsTopicVocabularyId = restClient.get("/headless-admin-taxonomy/v1.0/sites/" + groupId + "/taxonomy-vocabularies?filter=name eq 'News topics' or name eq 'Temas de notícias'&fields=id&restricFields=actions,availableLanguages&page=1&pageSize=1").items[0].id 
5/> 
6 
7<#function getDisplayPageUrl asset> 
8    <#local 
9        assetRenderer = asset.getAssetRenderer() 
10        baseViewURL = assetPublisherHelper.getAssetViewURL(renderRequest, renderResponse, assetRenderer, asset, !stringUtil.equals(assetLinkBehavior, "showFullContent"))?split("?")?first?split("/-/")?first 
11    /> 
12    <#return baseViewURL?replace(themeDisplay.getURLPortal(), "")/> 
13</#function> 
14 
15<#function getCategoryFilterEndpoint asset> 
16    <#local 
17        newsTopicCategory = asset.getCategories()?filter(category -> category.getVocabularyId() == newsTopicVocabularyId)?first 
18        newsTopicCategoryId = newsTopicCategory.getCategoryId() 
19    /> 
20    <#return  "/-/categories/" + newsTopicCategoryId /> 
21</#function> 
22 
23<#function getDDMFormFieldsValue DDMFormFieldsReferencesMap DDMFormFieldValuesMap fieldReference> 
24    <#local field = DDMFormFieldsReferencesMap[fieldReference].name /> 
25    <#return DDMFormFieldValuesMap[field][0].getValue().getString(locale)!"" /> 
26</#function> 
27 
28<#function getCustomDisplayPageDataAttr customDisplayPageJson categoryFilterEndpoint> 
29    <#local 
30        groupId = customDisplayPageJson.getLong("groupId") 
31        uuid = customDisplayPageJson.getString("id") 
32        privateLayout = customDisplayPageJson.getBoolean("privateLayout") 
33    /> 
34    <#local customDisplayPageDataAttr> 
35        data-vale-custom-display-page='{"groupId":${groupId},"uuid":"${uuid}","privateLayout":${privateLayout?c}}' 
36        data-vale-category-endpoint=${categoryFilterEndpoint} 
37    </#local> 
38    <#return customDisplayPageDataAttr/> 
39</#function> 
40 
41<section class="vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas bg-verde-vale" id="vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas-${namespace}"> 
42    <div class="fragment-container overflow-hidden"> 
43        <div class="container"> 
44            <div class="titulo d-flex justify-content-between mt-7 mb-5"> 
45                <h2 class="text-amarelo-vale"> 
46			            <@liferay.language key="related-news" /> 
47                </h2> 
48                <div class="d-none d-md-flex align-self-center justify-content-end"> 
49                    <img 
50                        class="${namespace} carrossel-card-branco-categoria-button-prev btn btn-primary border-amarelo-vale bg-amarelo-vale mr-3 p-1 rounded-circle" 
51                        src="${images_path}seta-2-esq_bra" 
52                        alt="button-prev" 
53												loading="lazy" 
54                    /> 
55                    <img 
56                        class="${namespace} carrossel-card-branco-categoria-button-next btn btn-primary border-amarelo-vale bg-amarelo-vale p-1 rounded-circle" 
57                        src="${images_path}seta-2-dir_bra" 
58                        alt="button-next" 
59												loading="lazy" 
60                    /> 
61                </div> 
62            </div> 
63            <div class="swiper ${namespace} carrossel-card-branco-categoria"> 
64                <div class="swiper-wrapper mb-sm-6"> 
65                    <#if entries?has_content> 
66                        <#list entries as curEntry> 
67                            <#assign 
68                                assetRenderer = curEntry.getAssetRenderer() 
69                                article = assetRenderer.getArticle() 
70 
71                                categoryFilterEndpoint = getCategoryFilterEndpoint(curEntry) 
72 
73                                DDMFormFieldValuesMap = assetRenderer.getDDMFormValuesReader().getDDMFormValues().getDDMFormFieldValuesMap() 
74                                DDMFormFieldsReferencesMap = assetRenderer.article.DDMStructure.DDMForm.getDDMFormFieldsReferencesMap(true) 
75 
76                                customDisplayPageJsonString = getDDMFormFieldsValue(DDMFormFieldsReferencesMap, DDMFormFieldValuesMap, "customDisplayPage") 
77                                customDisplayPageJson = jsonFactoryUtil.createJSONObject(customDisplayPageJsonString) 
78 
79                                hasCustomDisplayPage = customDisplayPageJson.getString("groupId")?has_content 
80                                customDisplayPageDataAttr = hasCustomDisplayPage?then( 
81                                    getCustomDisplayPageDataAttr(customDisplayPageJson, categoryFilterEndpoint), "") 
82 
83                                displayPageUrl = getDisplayPageUrl(curEntry) + categoryFilterEndpoint 
84                            /> 
85                            <div class="swiper-slide"> 
86                            <a href="${displayPageUrl}" class="text-decoration-none" ${customDisplayPageDataAttr}> 
87                                <div class="box d-flex flex-column justify-content-between p-3"> 
88                                    <div> 
89                                        <p class="text-amarelo-vale mb-2"> 
90                                            <#assign categories = curEntry.getCategories() /> 
91                                            <#list categories as category> 
92                                                <#if category.vocabularyId == newsTopicVocabularyId> 
93                                                    ${category.name} 
94                                                    <#break> 
95                                                </#if> 
96                                            </#list> 
97                                        </p> 
98                                        <p class="text-verde-aqua"> 
99                                            ${curEntry.getTitle(locale)} 
100                                        </p> 
101                                    </div> 
102                                    <p class="text-cinza-escuro m-0"> 
103                                        <#assign dataField = DDMFormFieldsReferencesMap['data'].name /> 
104                                        <#assign data = DDMFormFieldValuesMap[dataField][0].getValue().getString(locale) /> 
105                                        <#assign date_localized = dateUtil.formatDate("yyyy-MM-dd", data, locale)/> 
106 
107                                        ${date_localized} 
108                                    </p> 
109                                    <img 
110                                        class="onda position-absolute" 
111                                        src="${images_path}onda_verde" 
112																				loading="lazy" 
113                                    /> 
114                                </div> 
115                            </a> 
116                            </div> 
117                        </#list> 
118                    </#if> 
119                </div> 
120            </div> 
121            <a  
122                class="bg-amarelo-vale border-amarelo-vale btn btn-nm btn-primary mb-6"  
123                href="${(locale == 'pt_BR')?then('/todas-as-noticias','/all-then-news')}"  
124                target="_blank" 
125
126                <@liferay.language key="access-all-news" /> 
127            </a> 
128        </div> 
129    </div> 
130</section> 
131 
132<style> 
133.vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas .onda { 
134    position: absolute; 
135    bottom: 1.875rem; 
136    right: -0.125rem; 
137
138 
139.vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas .box { 
140    background-color: var(--branco); 
141    border-left: 10px solid var(--amarelo-vale); 
142    height: 14.6875rem; 
143    margin-bottom: 2rem; 
144
145 
146.vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas p { 
147    display: -webkit-box;  
148    line-clamp: 4; 
149    overflow: hidden; 
150    -webkit-line-clamp: 4; 
151    -webkit-box-orient: vertical; 
152
153 
154@media screen and (min-width: 768px) { 
155    .vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas .box { 
156        border-left: 20px solid var(--amarelo-vale); 
157        height: 11.875rem; 
158
159 
160    .vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas p { 
161        line-clamp: 3; 
162        -webkit-line-clamp: 3; 
163
164
165 
166.vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas .container { 
167    overflow: visible; 
168
169 
170.vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas .swiper { 
171    overflow: visible; 
172
173 
174.vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas .swiper-slide { 
175    width: auto; 
176
177 
178</style> 
179 
180<script> 
181(function(){ 
182 
183var swiper = new Swiper(".${namespace}.carrossel-card-branco-categoria", { 
184    slidesPerView: 1, 
185    spaceBetween: 32, 
186    navigation: { 
187      nextEl: ".${namespace}.carrossel-card-branco-categoria-button-next", 
188      prevEl: ".${namespace}.carrossel-card-branco-categoria-button-prev", 
189      disabledClass: "disabled", 
190      navigationDisabledClass: "disabled", 
191    }, 
192    pagination: { 
193      clickable: true, 
194    }, 
195    slideClass: "swiper-slide", 
196    breakpoints: { 
197        768: { 
198            slidesPerView: 2, 
199        }, 
200        1024: { 
201            slidesPerView: 3, 
202        }, 
203    }, 
204}); 
205 
206  // Tagueamento 
207 
208    const namespace = document.querySelector("#vale-widget-noticias-relacionadas-${namespace}"); 
209 
210    const section = namespace.querySelector("h2").innerText; 
211 
212    const links =  namespace.querySelectorAll("a"); 
213 
214    const handleEventLinkClick = (title, href) => { 
215      Analytics.track("Link", { 
216          section: section, 
217          rotulo: title + " : " + href, 
218      }); 
219    }; 
220 
221    links.forEach(link => { 
222      const text = link.querySelector('p.text-verde-vale'); 
223      const title = text ? text.innerText : ''; 
224      link.addEventListener("click", () => handleEventLinkClick(title, link.href)) 
225    }) 
226 
227    // Configurar URL de página de exibição dinâmica 
228    const displayPageUrls = namespace.querySelectorAll('a[data-vale-custom-display-page]'); 
229    displayPageUrls.forEach(displayPageUrl => { 
230        const customDisplayPage = displayPageUrl.dataset["valeCustomDisplayPage"]; 
231        const categoryEndpoint = displayPageUrl.dataset["valeCategoryEndpoint"]; 
232        Liferay.Service( 
233            '/layout/get-layout-by-uuid-and-group-id', 
234            JSON.parse(customDisplayPage), 
235            layout => { 
236                const friendlyURL = layout["friendlyURL"]; 
237                if (friendlyURL) { 
238                    displayPageUrl.href = friendlyURL + categoryEndpoint; 
239
240
241        ); 
242    }) 
243})() 
244 
245</script> 
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