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

Indian trade officials are pushing their American counterparts to stitch their recent critical minerals deal into an upcoming trade agreement, two people aware of the discussions said, a tweak ...

From white sandy beaches to lush mountains and quaint towns, this tiny EU island wouldn't look out of place if it was picked up and moved over to the Caribbean - but it's only three hours from the UK ...

Cobalt, copper, nickel and lithium are among the metals the government plans to purchase, according to people familiar with the discussion. They asked not to be identified as the conversations are ...

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth located 41 light-years away. This planet, five times larger than Earth, has extreme temperatures reaching 2,400°C and ...

China plans to add to its strategic reserves of key industrial metals this year, an effort to boost the resilience of critical minerals supply at time when energy-transition demand is increasing ...

While Congo remains by far the largest source of cobalt, Indonesia’s contribution has been growing and last year reached 11% of total supply, according to specialist trading house Darton ...

The majority of DRC Congo's cobalt mines are controlled by China. (Arlette Bashizi/For The Washington Post via Getty Images.) The poor conditions in the mines result in unsafe scenarios for many ...