Tesla is backing a new initiative to support informal cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo as carmakers and miners seek to reassure customers about ethically mined supplies of the battery metal.
The company joined the fledgling Fair Cobal…
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Eight concerns, including diversified mining and marketing company Glencore, have joined forces to transform the informal mining of cobalt for the better. Full implementation would take five years and would begin in mines in Kasulu and Kamilombe in the…
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Eight concerns, including diversified mining and marketing company Glencore, have joined forces to transform the informal mining of cobalt for the better. Full implementation would take five years and would begin in mines in Kasulu and Kamilombe in the…
Glencore part of giant leap to transform informal cobalt mining Read More »
A year ago Glencore (LSE: GLEN) announced it was halting operations at its Mutanda copper-cobalt mine in the Congo, breathing life into a market that…
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China’s state stockpiling agency has drawn up plans to buy 2 000 tons of cobalt after the coronavirus pandemic highlighted the fragility of supplies of the strategic mineral.
The National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration could put its purcha…
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By Ellsworth Dickson While most of us are aware of major carmakers such as Nissan,…
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Cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is the world’s biggest producer of the metal, is expected to decline by 25% this year, says financial risk management, solutions and insights company Fitch Solutions Country Risk and In…
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Transport delays from South Africa against a backdrop of increasingly robust Chinese demand have fuelled a price rally for cobalt hydroxide, used to make chemicals for electric vehicle batteries. Chinese cobalt refiners have moved to replenish stocks o…
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Canada Nickel Company Inc. [CNC-TSXV] created a wholly-owned subsidiary, NetZero Metals, to begin the research…
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC) is moving directly into an expansion scenario for its permitted cobalt refinery in Ontario after conducting a detailed engineering study on…
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