
TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Electra Battery Materials Corporation (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSX-V: ELBM) (“Electra” or the “Company”) today provided an update on construction of its cobalt sulfate refinery in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, a strategic critical minerals processing facility supported by the governments of the United States, Canada and Ontario. Since the Company's June construction update, field execution has advanced as the construction team has grown, with structural steel erection, concrete works, equipment installation, piping preparation and selective removal of legacy infrastructure within the brownfield refinery underway.









