In the Democratic Republic of Congo, large numbers of people work in dangerous, unregulated mines, digging for cobalt – a mineral used in the batteries found in phones, laptops, and electric vehicles.

A University of Michigan study of a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo finds that the necessary process of ...

A new study of a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo finds that the necessary process of decarbonization is repeating and recreating colonial inequalities.

On Sept. 26, the Carleton University Human Rights Society called on the university to divest from companies sourcing cobalt.

This move comes after the DRC government opposed Chemaf Resources’s sale of its copper and cobalt mines to China’s Norin Mining, arguing that it violates the lease agreements held by state miner ...

Boris Ivanov, founder of mining company Emiral, explains how collaboration, education and a new regulatory regime can help ...

Currently, China refines 68% of the world’s nickel, 40% of copper, 59% of lithium, and 73% of cobalt, and is continuing to expand its mining operations. Cobalt is a critical mineral with a wide ...

Chemaf’s Mutoshi project is set to become one of the world’s largest mines for cobalt, which is extracted alongside copper and used in electric vehicle batteries. If Gecamines were to acquire ...

While there are no pure-play cobalt ETFs, investors have several alternatives to consider. Some ETFs focus broadly on mining (including cobalt), while others zero in on metals used for EV batteries.

Zambia is just one of several nations experiencing a new type of colonialism, this time with a green capitalist veneer.

Blackbird mine Cobalt mine in Idaho, United States Blackbird mine was a large cobalt mine in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States.

Chalice Mining’s Gonneville nickel-cobalt-copper-platinum group elements project has been awarded ‘major project’ status by the Federal Government. Read More ...