Por: ABC News World February 08, 2023
LONDON -- As officials around the world call for a transition to a greener economy, one city is being transformed to accommodate the growing demand for one important mineral: cobalt.The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces an estimated 70% of the world's cobalt, and most of it comes from the city of Kolwezi. Cobalt, which is mainly produced as a byproduct of copper and nickel, was ignored for a long time in favor of those more... + full article
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KAWAMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - JUNE 8: A worker descends into a copper and cobalt mine in ... [+] Kawama, Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt is used in the batteries for electric cars and mobile phones. Working conditions are dangerous. (Photo by Michael Robinson... + más
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Forbes USA Business February 08, 2023
A child and a woman break rocks extracted from a cobalt and copper mine in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 23, 2016. JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images Carmakers have committed tens of billions of dollars to dramatically boost the production of batteries for... + más
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The New York Times USA World January 31, 2023
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Newsweek USA World January 25, 2023
Electric vehicles (EVs) are a major cornerstone of clean energy. The modern economy is dependent on smartphones. Every smartphone, EV and other rechargeable battery requires the scarce resource of cobalt, and about half of the world's cobalt reserves can be found in one... + más
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The Copper Belt in the Congo (DRC)—a 250-mile crescent from Kolwezi to northern Zambia—is the source of 10 percent of the world's copper as well as about half of the world's cobalt reserves. Cobalt—deemed critical by the European Union and strategic by the United... + más
Associated Press USA Tech October 10, 2022
SALMON, Idaho (AP) — Officials with an Australian company’s newly opened cobalt mine in east-central Idaho say it could soon produce enough of the key ingredient in lithium batteries to build 400,000 electric vehicles annually.Officials with Jervois Global Limited held an... + más
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