Apple, Google, Tesla and Microsoft are among firms named in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the
Children and creuseurs are not formally allowed at large, industrial cobalt mines. But Bisette and scores of other families we interviewed said
Electric vehicles are touted as environmentally friendly, but the metals needed for their batteries are creating other environmental and
The world's biggest tech firms have been named in a U.S. lawsuit brought by Congolese families who say their children were killed while mining for cobalt used
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla and Dell have all been accused of 'aiding and abetting' the use of forced child labor in cobalt mines, and being
16, 2019 /CNW/ - Katanga Mining Limited (TSX: KAT) ("Katanga" or the
The tech boom has caused an explosion in demand for cobalt, but in one of the most extreme contrasts imaginable, cobalt is mined in the DRC
Glencore PLC, one of the world's largest industrial cobalt producers,
Fast-forward to 2019, and cobalt is still used as a coloring agent to create powerful blues. Yet less than 10% of the cobalt mined today is used
In a press release Thursday, the publicly traded company, one of the world's largest cobalt producers, announced it would utilize RSBN's
Among these, cobalt is showing the highest potential for a coming
BMW already publishes the origins of its cobalt supply (Australia and Morocco) and for its fifth generation of battery cells, it has restructured its
ANTANANARIVO - Madagascar plans to increase its royalties on nickel, cobalt, precious metals, and gemstones to 4% from 2% at present,
First Cobalt anticipates refinery restart in 2020
The International Monetary Fund said the Democratic Republic of Congo's proposed $10.2 billion budget is "unrealistic," amid slowing output
First Cobalt expects to bring North America's only permitted cobalt
TORONTO - Sherritt International Corporation ("Sherritt") (TSX:S), a world leader in the mining and refining of nickel and cobalt from lateritic
The mining and commodities trader giant is lending First Cobalt an initial $5 million to restart the company's refinery in Ontario, which would
TORONTO, Dec. 4, 2019 /CNW/ - First Cobalt Corp. (TSX-V:FCC, OTCQX:FTSSF) (the "Company") today provided an update on its feasibility study to
The company produced 42,200 tonnes of cobalt in 2018, mainly as a byproduct of copper mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo and