Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, and thank you to the committee for the opportunity for us to share Glencore's perspective on metals recycling in Canada.
My name is Peter Fuchs. I'm the vice-president of corporate affairs for nickel at Glencore. Joining me today are Alexis Segal, the head of corporate affairs for Glencore Canada, and Marie-Elise Viger, environment manager of North American copper assets and the Philippines, who's based in our smelting operation in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.
Glencore is one of the world's largest globally diversified natural resource companies. We are a global company, but with a long history and deep commitment here in Canada. Through the scale and diversity of our industrial and marketing businesses, we responsibly supply the commodities that are fundamental to the building blocks of life and are an important pillar in the Canadian critical minerals value chain.
Glencore is one of the world's leading recyclers of electronics and a major recycler of secondary copper, nickel, cobalt, gold, silver, platinum and palladium. Our operations were among the first to discover how to process end-of-life electronics, and we have been one of the leading recyclers of metals ever since.
Our company plays a fundamental role in the circular economy, giving a second life to these commodities. Our approach is underpinned by Glencore's leading technological expertise, a commitment to customer excellence and embedded sustainability across our business.
To give you a little more colour in terms of what we recycle, it varies from electronics to batteries and other metal-bearing materials, including end-of-life automotive parts and jet engines.
Some of the core assets in Glencore's recycling operations are right here in Canada. As I'm from our nickel business, I will take another moment to describe our recycling capabilities at our integrated nickel operations, and then pass you to my colleague Marie-Elise to speak to you about the copper facilities.
Our smelter in Sudbury, Ontario, is a key part of the global Glencore recycling network. For 33 years, the Sudbury smelter has been safely processing end-of-life materials, production scrap and waste streams. Last year, the Sudbury smelter recovered more than 26,000 tonnes of recycled materials, containing 6,200 tonnes of nickel, almost 2,000 tonnes of cobalt and 1,300 tonnes of copper.
I'm also proud to say that we are making major new investments in the region by investing $1.3 billion to build the new all-electric Onaping depth mine underneath our existing Craig mine, which will extend our life-of-mine in the Sudbury area to at least 2035.
Now I'll pass you on to my colleague.