During one of his many visits to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Siddharth Kara, an author and Harvard academic who has spent 20 years researching modern slavery, met a young woman sifting dirt ...

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 ...

Discover the latest cobalt market trends, global supply risks, and key investments shaping critical minerals security. Read ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Billionaires are investing in exploratory mining for cobalt and nickel on Greenland’s west coast.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (“TMC” or “The Metals Company”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today announced ...

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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Deep in the Salmon River Mountains, an Australian company is opening what the company says is the first new cobalt mine in the U.S. in decades, ushering in a potential new era of mineral excavation in ...

Cobalt is a problem material and it’s one that lithium-ion batteries can use a lot of. As EV factory production ramps up for nearly all automakers, EVs have become the main driver of demand for cobalt ...

To investors, natural resources are known as the "commodities" market. This is a major sector of investing, with both professionals and retail investors alike putting their money into assets like ...