Vale continues progressing on its EV strategy. We continue developing the relationship with the key customers and bringing to the attention of the Canadian market what we can offer. We can offer definitely not only our current nickel production, which has one of the lowest carbon footprints in the nickel industry with the highest standards in terms of ESG, but we also can offer a potential growth. We have been promoting all our potential in how we can enhance our strategy in fostering the battery material supply chain in Canada.
It is a significant effort. We have been into this process for almost two years. We are starting to see some of the results of the discussions become more effective, more direct. We are getting more alignment. But still it's a big challenge. I think we still have a lot of investments in order to bring more nickel and also to shape the profile of our nickel production in order to fulfill the requirements that are very specific for the battery materials.
We continue working hard. We have a strategy where we want to position a significant share of our nickel production into the EV supply chain, but more than that to enable the right support with the right alignment, the growth. We are also looking to other opportunities. We are studying recycling, so recycling the black mass, the material that comes from EV batteries. We are looking for ways to adjust our material. We keep progressing and I think there is a lot of opportunity for Canada finding the right alignment, finding the right opportunity. I think it's a unique opportunity that Canada can pursue.