After battery plant fire, southeast Missouri town alarmed about potential contamination
In the heart of Missouri’s historic Lead Belt, residents are concerned about contamination from a new industry moving into ...
Cobalt ions, not covalent organic frameworks themselves, drive catalytic activity, study finds
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are less stable as catalysts than previously thought but remain highly active. COFs are promising designer catalysts, for example for the sustainable production of ...
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Middlemen siphon billions from war-ravaged DRC’s cobalt, coltan trade
The DRC produces 70% of the world’s cobalt, yet nearly $1 billion vanishes from the legal supply chain each year.
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World’s biggest cobalt miner sees 2025 output approaching record
The world’s biggest cobalt miner, which churned out a record amount of the battery metal last year, is targeting similar ...
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Basin-scale inputs of cobalt, iron, and manganese from the Benguela-Angola front to the South Atlantic Ocean
Scavenging rates within the coastal plume differed for the three metals; iron was removed fastest, manganese removal was 2.5 times slower, and cobalt scavenging could not be discerned from water mass ...
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Japanese scientists develop high energy density, cobalt-free lithium-ion battery
However, the inclusion of cobalt in this type of batteries has been ... including other kinds of batteries, water splitting (to produce hydrogen and oxygen), ore smelting, electro-coating and ...