Tag: cobalt
Cobalt, the electric dream in the West and the reverse in Africa?
From extraction to sale, the history of the cobalt industry – essential for running the batteries of smartphones and electric cars – is riddled with scandals. And 70% of world…
So Finland wants to become more self-sufficient in cobalt
Cobalt is used for batteries in everything from mobile phones to electric cars. Most of the world’s cobalt is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But in the…
Cobalt: what is it?
Cobalt is a gray metal that can be used to tint glass dark blue. © W. Oelen, Wikimedia Commons, CC by-sa 3.0 Cobalt takes its name from kobolds. These legendary…
Protests against a Canadian company that wants to look for cobalt
At the edge of the forest, near the border with the neighbor’s land, a low-lying mountain rises. A large rock cave slopes down to a water-filled mine shaft. – They…