On October 8 Reuters reported: Congo mining firms underreported $16.8 billion in revenue, audit says. State audit claims $50.4 million lost in community funds. On October 9 Global Times reported: ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo will allow some cobalt exports to resume from next month, as the world’s biggest producer of the metal said quotas would replace a months-long ban on shipments. The ...

On August 6, MINING.COM reported: Glencore warns of cobalt surplus amid DRC export ban. Glencore (GLEN), the world's second-largest cobalt producer, warned Wednesday that a significant portion of its ...

Cobalt is one of the world’s best battery materials, but geopolitically, it’s less than ideal. The world’s largest reserves are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where mining has long been ...

EVelution Energy plans to build the first US cobalt processing facility in Yuma County by the end of 2025. Cobalt is crucial for various industries, including electric vehicles, aerospace and defense, ...

Cobalt is a critical material for the energy transition, with increased demand in recent years due to its essential role in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), energy storage and other ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, industrial and artisanal mining of cobalt and copper, essential for battery-powered technologies, poses risks to the reproductive health of women, preliminary ...

Throughout its years in production, the Cobalt became a staple of Chevrolet's passenger vehicle lineup and took its place among the brand's most successful models in history. Sold from 2005 to 2010 in ...

Raphael Deberdt receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Jessica DiCarlo received funding from The Wilson Center. The mineral-rich Democratic Republic ...

Microsoft will launch its custom Cobalt 100 chips to customers as a public preview at its Build conference next week, TechCrunch has learned. In an analyst briefing ahead of Build, Scott Guthrie, ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is banning most uses of a toxic chemical often used to refinish furniture and bathtubs that has been linked to dozens of deaths since 1980. The agency announced a ...

Apple and other major tech companies don’t have to compensate victims of forced child labor that provided cobalt for the lithium-ion batteries used in many electronic devices, a US appeals court ruled ...