Cobalt is a metal that produces a blue pigment. It's essential for making many of the batteries powering phones, computers, and electric vehicles, but mining it is linked to human rights abuses.

America's only cobalt mine opened last year to great fanfare, since the mineral is crucial for green energy. But it surprisingly closed months later.

Activists are concerned that high-profile cobalt consumer Tesla isn’t doing enough to demand that its cobalt be mined ethically without the use of child or forced labor. The EV company says it ...

Demand for cobalt will rise faster than supply, allowing the market to reduce the 2024 surplus in coming years and swing to a deficit in the early 2030s, the Cobalt Institute said in a research on ...

Global supplies of refined cobalt used in the rechargeable batteries that power electric vehicles are expected to surge to around 210,000 tonnes this year, up 24% from 2022, while demand is ...

A cobalt processing facility that would boost the U.S. supply of the critical mineral is on track to begin construction in late 2025. Once built, the facility in Yuma County would be the only ...

Cobalt rallied sharply early in 2022 as demand for electric vehicles surged. But while automotive usage is still rising, there’s been a sharp drop-off in buying from another key sector ...

Cobalt mined in the Congo. Photo: junior kannah/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. If you want to know what’s being unleashed by the rush to mandate electric cars for a so-called clean-energy ...

A team of researchers in Japan has created a cleaner alternative to using cobalt—a rare element and key component in lithium-ion batteries—that also improves the battery’s chemistry.

To investors, natural resources are known as the "commodities" market. This is a major sector of investing, with both professionals and retail investors alike putting their money into assets like ...

Siddharth Kara discusses his book, "Cobalt Red," the geopolitical implications for Chinese domination of cobalt mining, what companies should do to address the conditions of the miners and much more.

Cobalt is seen as a critical mineral for ev batteries. The Salmon-Challis National Forest covers 4.3 million acres of rolling mountains covered in trees, rivers, and wildlife living in the largest ...