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 ...

Final rule would speed process companies must go through to receive exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit ...

Kolwezi in the Lualaba Province of the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where tensions are high between ...

US Strategic Metals (USSM), a private company formerly known as Missouri Cobalt, has received a non-binding Letter of Interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank) for a ...

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 is ...

Commissioned by TMC, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence assessed the impact of mining on terrestrial carbon sinks in top nickel and cobalt producing regions "Forest ecosystems play a critical role in the ...

Within the global hierarchy of critical minerals that miners are racing to extract, cobalt remains highly sought after. We ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tussle playing out between Beijing and Washington over the sourcing and processing of critical minerals might not have been so ...

BERWYN, PA / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Chilean Cobalt Corp. (OTCQB:COBA) ("Chilean Cobalt" or the "Company") is ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The cobalt market is no stranger to boom and bust cycles but the current downturn is unprecedented and no-one is sure how long it's going to last. London Metal Exchange (LME) cobalt ...