Critical mineral producers in Missouri are exploring extraction methods as international trade policies fluctuate, and the ...

The project is funded by the Critical Materials Innovation Hub, U.S. DOE Energy Innovation Hub, led by Ames National ...

Cobalt prices have climbed sharply after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the world’s dominant supplier, extended its ...

Congo has extended its ban on the export of cobalt, a key material in making electric vehicle batteries, for another three ...

A regulatory agency announced on Saturday that the Democratic Republic of Congo had extended its ban on cobalt exports by ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has extended by three months a ban on exports of cobalt intended to curb oversupply of the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering extending a ban on exports of cobalt, as it explores how to implement quotas ...

Cobalt is a critical component of green technologies like battery electrodes and the magnets in electric motors and wind ...

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CMOC’s cobalt production rose almost 20.7% to 30,414 metric tons in the three months to March, it said in a statement. Copper output rose 15.7% to about 171,000 tons.

Copper has been mined in Congo since at least the fourth century, and the deposits were known to Portuguese slave traders from the fifteenth century onward. Cobalt is a byproduct of copper production.