The chances of your phone’s battery being made using cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are, as Statista’s Martin Armstrong notes in this chart using data cited in Statista’s DossierPlus ‘Mining Industry […]
Images from the Shabara mine and others in the Democratic Republic of Congo show young children mining They dig for cobalt, the chemical element that is used in almost every tech product, including mobile phones, […]
The Outlook for Selected Critical Minerals indicated that these minerals will play a critical role in the global industrial shift towards electric vehicles, renewable energy generation and stationary battery storage systems. Economic security and supply chain […]
Chinese diversified metals producer China Molybdenum (CMOC) recorded a fall in its cobalt production in 2020 following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite a rise in sales. CMOC, also known as Luoyang Luanchuan Molybdenum, […]
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