Up until now, the main threat to mining investment has been the perennial violence in the hinterlands of the DRC. The lion's share of copper and cobalt in the DRC is the South Eastern Katanga province, which was relatively safe until rebels launched an attack on the regional capital in 2013. The violence is
The Democratic Republic of Congo's new company set up to buy all the country's hand-mined cobalt will probably start operating by June, said
The Central African nation is planning to create a new state-owned corporation to buy cobalt mined from all "artisanal" operations. What is
LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Blockchain is to be used for the first time to try to track cobalt's journey from artisanal mines in Democratic Republic of Congo through to products used in smartphones and electric cars. Sources close to a pilot scheme expected to be launched this year say the aim is eventually to
Katanga Mining Provides Update on Major Projects, Announces 2018 Fourth
Glencore (LSE:GLEN) upped its copper, cobalt, nickel and coal production in 2018, with copper and coal achieving guidance and cobalt surpassing
Glencore copper and cobalt output ramps after Katanga restart
We are in the early days of our drill campaign and these results demonstrate the potential for long cobalt and silver drill intercepts outside the historically mined vein systems." First Cobalt's drilling near the historic Keeley mine intersected a significant interval of 13.7 metres grading 106.2 g/t silver along the
West Perth, WA / February 2, 2018 / JMN Wire / Alloy Resources Limited (ASX: AYR) (Alloy or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has commenced exploration at the Ophara Cobalt-Gold project located near Broken Hill in New South Wales (Figure 1). In association with an Independent Geochemist a data review
(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) * Global mined cobalt production: tmsnrt.rs/2v5wkuB. * Cobalt
WoodMac. "We believe (cobalt) price risk is on the upside this year should the 'major producers' fail to ramp. Cobalt miners news - Glencore
In order to meet its own cobalt needs, Apple is reportedly planning to go straight to the source and secure it directly from the mines. The news follows investigations into cobalt mines in recent years that have repeatedly revealed incidents of child labor and hazardous working conditions. According to
Kolwezi - In global markets the price of cobalt, a mineral used in batteries for high-tech products from iPhones to Tesla electric cars, has nearly tripled to $81 500 a ton in two years. But in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which produced two-thirds of the global supply of the coveted metal last year,
A fall in copper or nickel prices could therefore hamper existing cobalt operations before other mines could be brought online to compensate for such a decline in production. In addition, more than half of cobalt mining production came from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2017. The country, faced with
Sources close to a pilot scheme expected to be launched this year say the aim is eventually to give manufacturers a way of ensuring the cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for products such as iPhones and Teslas has not been mined by children. Tracking cobalt presents many challenges as scores of informal
Roughly 60% of mined cobalt is sourced from the Democratic Republic
The shutdown at Boss Mining Sprl will curb cobalt supplies from a nation that accounts for three-quarters of global production of the metal used
The plan is part of a global push to safeguard the supply of critical metals and reduce the world's dependence on the Democratic Republic of Congo for cobalt. The conflict-ridden African country currently produces the vast majority of cobalt, often in small mining operations where injuries and child labor are
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