Currently, China refines 68% of the world’s nickel, 40% of copper, 59% of lithium, and 73% of cobalt, and is continuing to expand its mining operations. Cobalt is a critical mineral with a wide ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, large numbers of people work in dangerous, unregulated mines, digging for cobalt – a mineral used in the batteries found in phones, laptops, and electric vehicles.

The Biden administration has held talks with three firms in recent weeks about purchasing one of the world’s largest non-Chinese cobalt producers, according to people familiar with the matter ...

Cobalt. Unless you’re a geologist or an electrical engineer, you’d be forgiven for never giving this metal much thought. But cobalt is a vital component of the lithium-ion batteries fitted to ...

Back in 2017 one of our readers asked us a question via the comments on our post Two months in and the American Express Cobalt is living up to its name to see if there is a published list of where you ...