It is the middle of the night in Minas Gerais, and work at the lithium mine in Jequitinhonha Valley does not stop. Noise from hundreds of machines churning up the soil echoes off the mountains, ...
Cobalt is a byproduct of nickel and copper mining. In recent years, cobalt has taken its place as one of the world’s most sought-after commodities due to its use in semiconductor chips and the ...
On October 9 S&P Global reported: Cobalt market, net-zero targets face 'urgent need' for new mine spending. The mining industry needs to spend at least $1.7 billion on new cobalt mines ...
While electric cars are clearly beneficial for local air quality wherever they're used, ethical and environmental concerns have been raised over the mining of materials such as lithium and cobalt that ...