It takes lithium and cobalt to build the batteries that power electric vehicles and e-bikes, nickel and rare earth elements ...

As renewable energy gathers steam around the world, the harms of mining its mineral components continue to grow. On the ...

Cobalt spot prices spiked 67% higher for the month following the DRC ban on cobalt exports for 4 months, to balance the ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, ...

Rows of dead batteries stretch across some 30 acres of high desert, organized in piles and boxes that are covered to shield them from the western Nevada sun. This vast field is where Redwood Materials ...

Electra Battery Materials has announced a conditional contribution from the federal government to support completion of North ...

Cobalt Blue has commenced a scoping study for the Koongie Park project in Western Australia, of which it recently acquired a ...

China’s CMOC Group Ltd., the world’s biggest cobalt producer, posted record earnings in 2024 citing an increase in output and ...

Rogan found the conditions under which the cobalt miners worked so deplorable that he compared it to a form of modern-day ...

DRC also plans to enforce cobalt export quotas and collaborate with Indonesia, another major producer, to regulate pricing ...

Rivalry for critical minerals is intensifying, but observer says US ‘doesn’t offer viable alternative’ to Chinese investments ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's suspension of cobalt exports has caused a significant price increase in the critical ...