"The combination of readily available and relatively harmless substances and high energy efficacy gives our method potential to work for large-scale extraction." Scientists make breakthrough discovery ...

The withdrawal of supply from the country that accounted for 70% of global mine production last year has been a booster for ...

Cobalt mining in the DRC is marred by human rights violations, including child labor, driven by weak regulations and corruption. China's control over 70% of the global cobalt supply raises concerns ...

If manganese nodules can be mined in an environmentally friendly way, the critical metals needed for the energy transition ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has implemented new cobalt export conditions under a quota system, reinforcing its ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (“TMC” or “The Metals Company”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today announced ...

A general view of artisanal miners working at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi on October 12, 2022.Junior Kannah/AFP/Getty Images Cobalt is one of the world's most important natural resources.

During one of his many visits to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Siddharth Kara, an author and Harvard academic who has spent 20 years researching modern slavery, met a young woman sifting dirt ...

The new conditions require miners, among other things, to pre-pay a 10% royalty within 48 hours and secure a compliance certificate.

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