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    Anita Balakrishnan

    Reporter

    Anita Balakrishnan covers Canada’s professional services sector. Her beat includes global accounting and consulting firms, the legal industry, and investments in the mining industry. She previously covered the auto industry and automotive tech. Before joining The Logic in 2021, Anita was a business reporter and editor at The Canadian Press and at Thomson Reuters’ Law Times, and was a tech and business reporter for CNBC.com. She is based in Toronto.

    [email protected] https://x.com/MsABalakrishnan

    Articles by Anita Balakrishnan

    Burning batteries prompt firefighters to pilot new tech

    https://thelogic.co/news/shift/montreal-port-fire-lithium-ev-batteries/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Oct 3, 2024

    Montreal blaze highlights unique challenges for fire departments.

    A night-time shot of white smoke rising over shipping container stacks, illuminated by white and red lights from emergency vehicles. The boom of a firetruck is visible on the right side of the frame.

    Briefing

    Toronto car-dealer chain Global Auto buys Denmark’s K.W. Bruun

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/toronto-car-dealer-chain-global-auto-buys-denmarks-k-w-bruun/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Sep 27, 2024

    Briefing

    Northvolt to be questioned in gross manslaughter investigation

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/northvolt-to-be-questioned-in-gross-manslaughter-investigation/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Sep 27, 2024

    Briefing

    Northvolt founder Harald Mix says he’ll provide new capital to troubled company

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/northvolt-founder-harald-mix-says-hell-provide-new-capital-to-troubled-company/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Sep 26, 2024

    Briefing

    Canadian battery-tech firm Nano One gets $17.8M from U.S. Defense Department

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/canadian-battery-tech-firm-nano-one-gets-17-8m-from-u-s-defense-department/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Sep 26, 2024

    With a laundry list of Canadian backers, is Northvolt too big to fail?

    https://thelogic.co/news/northvolts-struggle-canada-electric-vehicle-industry/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Sep 25, 2024

    Four pension-fund investments, up to $7.3B in subsidies in play as financial woes intensify.

    An illustration showing a Northvolt official, in safety gear, holding a battery cell that says "Northvolt" on it. In the background, there’s a green battery icon with an electric car and a lightning bolt symbol on it.

    Briefing

    Microsoft backs rare-earths recycling startup Cyclic Materials in US$53M round

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/microsoft-backs-rare-earths-recycling-startup-cyclic-materials-in-us53m-round/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Sep 25, 2024

    Briefing

    Canada joins international push to finance critical minerals in face of China’s dominance

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/canada-joins-international-push-to-finance-critical-minerals-in-face-of-chinas-dominance/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Sep 23, 2024

    Briefing

    Northvolt cuts 1,600 jobs in Sweden, 20 per cent worldwide amid financial woes

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/northvolt-cuts-1600-jobs-in-sweden-20-per-cent-worldwide-amid-financial-woes/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Sep 23, 2024

    Lithium giant eyes Ontario plant, Quebec investments despite downturn

    https://thelogic.co/news/lithium-giant-eyes-ontario-plant-quebec-investments-despite-downturn/

    By Anita Balakrishnan   |   Sep 20, 2024

    A view of a mine site in low, rocky hills, taken across a pond, with scrub brush in the foreground. A large metal-clad building and piles of slate- and cream-coloured ore are visible in middle distance.

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