Cobalt

With the beginning of this year’s Shanghai auto exposition in 2023, the predominant cars and other vehicles on offer have mainly been electric vehicles (EV) and hybrid vehicles, which mainly use cobalt to create electric batteries that run the vehicle. In the exposition, car companies presenting their new vehicles, such…

Purchasing electric vehicles, especially electric cars, has become the craze for many. The purpose of buying an electric vehicle varies. For some, the purchase will reduce their carbon footprint by lowering their emissions and dependence on fossil fuels. Others argue that their urge to use clean fuel is to help…

Massive technological leaps of the 21st century improved many lives. Can you imagine living without these technological wonders: computers, cell phones, and electric cars? Or can you imagine living without the foundations of a flourishing society: clean water, sanitation, basic medicines, safety, and freedom? Can you imagine your life that…

It’s way overdue for the world’s biggest companies to take a hard look in the mirror and start addressing the pressing issue of child labor usage in cobalt mining. …

You may have come across reports about the violence surrounding the mining of the rare mineral coltan in Central Africa. It’s a source of the element tantalum, which is essential in the manufacture of cell phones and laptops. And about eighty percent of the world’s supply comes from the Democratic…

A new book just out on the hazardous world of primitive cobalt mining in the DRC, the world’s largest cobalt-producing nation, is having quite an impact on the 2023 mining sector. Not to mention the all-electric,carbon-free, greentopia of 2030 envisioned by green thought leaders such as our favorite engineer/ entrepreneur Elon Musk, who made an admirable LFP pivot with Tesla . That was sure to give the iron supply chain a high-voltage jolt back in 2021. But it’s no shock to us here at Resource Erectors that the US mining sector is recharging the cobalt market in a big way after 30 years out of the circuit.

Cobalt: The Human Cost of Technology Have you ever wondered why cobalt is an important word [and element] in our day-to-day lives? Cobalt just happens to be a crucial component in the production of rechargeable batteries used in all electronic devices in the world. This includes your personal smartphones/laptop/Ipad, the hand blender, the portable light, and…

Throughout the whole history of slavery, never has there been more suffering and more profit generated than what is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo in this moment. Congo holds 70% of the world’s cobalt which is located in the south east of the country. Currently, the Chinese industry…

Cobalt is a mineral that is critical to the production of numerous products that we use every day. It is an essential component in the production of rechargeable batteries that power our smartphones, laptops, electric vehicles, and other electronic devices. …