When John Goodenough created the first lithium-ion rechargeable battery at Oxford in 1980, he needed some cobalt. Experiments had already established that the metal is energy-dense, perfect for small ...

Some of the cobalt found in lithium-ion batteries used by global technology and car companies can be traced to mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where children, some as young as 7, labor for ...

Interest in cobalt has increased in recent years due to its use in the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric cars. Global cobalt mine production reached a record high of 230,000 metric tons (MT ...

There’s been an era-defining race underway between two types of batteries used in electric vehicles: lithium batteries that use cobalt, and ones that use iron phosphate. Cobalt, a metal with a ...

Cobalt is in high demand as the cathode in lithium-ion batteries. Just one nation, the Congo, has more cobalt than anywhere else on Earth combined. Conditions in Congolese mines are horrible, ...

A CBS News investigation of child labor in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo has revealed that tens of thousands of children are growing up without a childhood today – two years after a ...

It had all the makings of a typical VIP ribbon cutting: Government officials, diplomats, light refreshments, an actual ribbon. "We even have scissors!" Joked the host. What wasn't so typical? To get ...

As technology companies and carmakers become increasingly reliant on cobalt, many business, government, and nonprofit leaders have grown concerned about the mineral’s controversial supply chain. The ...

LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Demand and prices for battery material cobalt are soaring as electric vehicles stream out of showrooms in China and Europe, with little prospect of a significant reversal ...