read more Apple, for example, aims to massively reduce its use of all materials sourced directly from mines, and has said that 13% of the cobalt shipped in its products in 2021 came from recycling.

However, cheaper alternatives have been developed, for example cobalt–manganese catalysts. They have a high activity and are stable over a long period of time. The decisive factor for these ...

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 ...

"I'm out in the middle of nowhere in Idaho with some of my best friends for the opening of their cobalt Mine." Sponsor Message A cobalt mine. More specifically the only operating cobalt mine in ...

Much of the world's cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. LONDON -- As officials around the world call for a transition to a greener economy, one city is being transformed to ...