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 ...

Kolwezi in the Lualaba Province of the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where tensions are high between ...

The Orion Critical Mineral Consortium has signed a deal to acquire mining assets in the war-ravaged country that leads the ...

Within the global hierarchy of critical minerals that miners are racing to extract, cobalt remains highly sought after. We explore the cobalt market outlook to 2030. Generally mined as a by-product of ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The cobalt market is no stranger to boom and bust cycles but the current downturn is unprecedented and no-one is sure how long it's going to last. London Metal Exchange (LME) cobalt ...

Two companies, US Strategic Metals and The Doe Run Company, are running two different projects to produce cobalt in Missouri. The Democratic Republic of the Congo recently restricted exports of the ...

Achieving economic viability for minerals security is one of the most pressing hurdles facing U.S. minerals security objectives. While this challenge spans the entire critical minerals landscape, it ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Blockchain is to be used for the first time to try to track cobalt’s journey from artisanal mines in Democratic Republic of Congo through to products used in smartphones and ...

The first cobalt mine in America in decades opens Friday in Idaho. The metal used in electric vehicle batteries is in big demand yet analysts say... The first cobalt mine in America in decades is ...

Along the 63-mile highway between the towns of Kolwezi and Fungurume sit two towering symbols of China’s stranglehold over resources in the southeast corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo: huge ...