In the middle of a trade war, Congo is trying to woo Trump’s White House without risking critical investment from Beijing.

On the other, it was producing incredibly pure cobalt metal. “We always knew it was ... But now, with a global trade war raging, the company decided to refocus its efforts on cobalt.

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Cobalt miner Jervois Global (JRV.AX), opens ... The Idaho mine site is likely to remain mothballed until prices for the metal hit at least $20 per pound, roughly double current ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin took a victory lap in Kursk, a Russian city that the Ukrainian army held for over six months ...

Cobalt metal prices fell to a nine year low in February after another year of oversupply, but rebounded sharply after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) instituted a four month export pause ...

Cobalt is a highly prized metal, especially for makers of smartphones and EVs. Almost 75% of global production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo — where there are also children toiling ...

The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices. It’s not the only mineral-rich country to try that. Tariffs aren’t the only thing restricting ...

A proprietary molten-salt electrolysis (MSE) process originally designed for battery manufacturing has now been re-optimized ...

It’s also reviving memories from almost a decade ago, when funds including Pala Investments took advantage of weak cobalt prices to buy up piles of metal in a bet on the nascent energy transition.

(Bloomberg) — The world’s No. 1 cobalt miner is sounding the alarm over the shrinking role of the metal in electric vehicle batteries. Chinese company CMOC Group Ltd., which has been churning out ...

“From the inside of engines to the covering of the supersonic missiles, to stealth bombers, to radar targeting systems, to permanent magnets, all of them contain cobalt metal in some form or ...