African Mining Week (AMW) 2025 to Unpack the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) Cobalt Market Prospects, Global ...

Cobalt demand grew by a robust 14% year-on-year in 2024, driven by the metal’s usage in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, ...

The price of cobalt has fallen so far over the last couple of years that even Congo's artisanal miners have given up on the ...

African Mining Week serves as a premier platform for exploring the full spectrum of mining opportunities across Africa. The ...

Almost 75% of global production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo - where there are also children toiling away in the mines. Cobalt is a component in batteries for cell phones ...

The agreement, which spans three years, will commence with the start-up of the refinery's commercial operations.

Resource curse' spans centuries from Banda Islands' nutmeg to Odisha's minerals, highlighting exploitation turning riches ...

Glencore will provide cobalt hydroxide feedstock to Cobalt Blue’s Kwinana refinery in Western Australia, which is set to ...

Microsoft visited an artisanal cobalt mine in Democratic Republic of Congo in December as part of attempts to jump-start formalisation of the little-regulated and dangerous industry that experts ...

The status of one of the world’s most important copper mines remains clouded in uncertainty, more than a week after seismic ...

Lithium-ion phosphate batteries for EVs do not contain cobalt and nickel, which are mostly found in forests nations ...

In recent days, US lawmakers and international experts have warned that President Donald Trump ’s proposed ...