The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), on June 15, entered into an agreement with the United States arm of Australian miner Jervois Global Limited to conduct feasibility studies to expand cobalt extraction in Idaho. The $15 million funding agreement will enable Jervois Mining USA to undertake mineral resource drilling to expand currently known cobalt resources…
‘Rung of Hell’: The Hidden Misery of EV Cobalt Supply Chains
April 7, 2023
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Primarily driven by the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles, the production of lithium-ion batteries has spiked, raising the demand for cobalt—a cause of despair rather than prosperity in the African nation of Congo, where the metal is mined amid horrendous circumstances. “I remember looking at this destroyed landscape and these thousands of bodies laboring over…
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