An Australian mining company poised to open the only cobalt mine in the U.S. has halted final construction on its Idaho Cobalt Operation west ... Idaho — now a mostly abandonned ghost town near ...

Underneath the surface lies the Idaho Cobalt Belt, one of the country’s only large deposits of the critical mineral key to the lithium-ion batteries that power our phones, laptops, and ...

There are no cobalt refineries in the U.S., and Jervois had planned to ship the Idaho cobalt to a refinery in Brazil. Idaho’s congressional leaders saw the Jervois mine as a step toward gaining ...

Idaho’s Cobalt Belt is a 34-mile-long desirable stretch of ore tucked under the Salmon River Mountains that’s considered “globally significant” by mining companies.

The open pit mining operation at the site, called Blackbird, supported a town with a population of 250 named Cobalt. Things changed in the early 90’s when federal regulators confirmed pollution ...

An Australian mining company poised to open the only cobalt mine in the U.S. has halted final construction on its Idaho Cobalt Operation west of Salmon, Idaho. Construction stops on Idaho cobalt ...