Cobalt mining in the DRC is marred by human rights violations, including child labor, driven by weak regulations and corruption. China's control over 70% of the global cobalt supply raises concerns ...

The DLA has extended the deadline for offers several times, moving it from the original date of 29 August to 15 October.

Metal extraction of 96.1 - 98.5% nickel and 96.1 - 97.7% cobalt from bioleaching tests. Bioleaching could offer much higher metal recoveries than flotation (29-51% nickel and 48-89% cobalt), ...

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Battery makers will hasten a shift away from cobalt if the metal’s price — boosted by export limits in the Democratic Republic of Congo — goes even higher, said an executive at the biggest miner of ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo will revoke cobalt export quotas from companies that fail to export allocated volumes, ...

A fresh sign of the challenges facing Western countries trying to bolster domestic supplies of the battery metal.

The first months of 2024 saw cobalt take a bearish stance, constrained by excess supply and eroding demand. Cobalt prices faced many headwinds at the beginning of the year, and they pulled the value ...

Penn researchers led a collaborative effort pioneering safer, more sustainable technique to extract elements critical to battery-powered technologies. Findings pave the way for getting value from ...

U.S. private equity funds and Japanese trading houses are taking a fresh interest in Australia's nickel industry ...

It would be disingenuous to attempt to disentangle the human rights abuses connected to creating technologies from their ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is rich with lithium, an essential mineral for electric car batteries. JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP—Getty Images In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, hands that ...