Cobalt

In June 2023, the Moa Joint Venture (Moa JV) approved the final cobalt dividend required to fulfill the 2,082 tonne annual maximum volume of cobalt receivable under the Cobalt Swap agreement.

Also known as lithium manganese cobalt oxide, or NMC batteries, lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide batteries are made of several materials common in lithium-ion battery types, with a cathode made of a combination of nickel, manganese and cobalt.

Cobalt is a critical mineral as declared by the U.S. Government due to cobalt’s defense, military and energy transition applications.

A young man carries a bag of wet cobalt on his back at the Shinkolobwe Cobalt mine, near Likasi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2004.

The Castle Mine project, which includes Castle East, covers a 78-square-kilometer property located in the historic Gowganda mining camp and 85 kilometers northwest of Cobalt, the center of the historic cobalt-silver mining camp in Ontario, Canada.

In order to secure diversity of feedstock supply, First Cobalt will supplement feed provided by Glencore with other ethically sourced cobalt.

Lithium-ion batteries in electric cars either nickel cobalt aluminium or nickel manganese cobalt oxides for their ability to offer a long lifespan and high energy density – a determining factor in how far a single charge can power an electric car.

The First Cobalt Refinery is a hydrometallurgical cobalt refinery located north of Toronto, Canada.

Cobalt Blue Company ProfileCobalt Blue Holdings Limited engages in the development and commercialization of cobalt deposits.

Cobalt miners news - China Molybdenum reports net profit amounted to RMB773 million, a decrease of 78.52% year on year, mostly due to lower cobalt prices.

The middle unit hosts the majority of the known cobalt, copper and gold occurrences in the Idaho Cobalt Belt.

Trent Mell, First Cobalt President & CEO, commented, “The First Cobalt Refinery is a permitted facility that is in excellent condition and has a recent operating history.

Cobalt miner news - Cobalt27 acquires two nickel-cobalt streaming/royalty deals (Highlands Pacific Ramu and Australia Mines Sconi).

If cobalt were bound with oxygen to form a cobalt oxide (CoOx), the reaction would not proceed.

The estimate for cobalt production at Ambatovy has been updated to reflect current cobalt grades.

The reduction of cobalt from battery chemistries is one thing, but the elimination of the metal entirely, particularly "in the near future" could be interpreted as being the death knell to the cobalt story.

The solution is not for companies to stop purchasing DRC cobalt or cut out all artisanal cobalt in favour of industrial suppliers.

Toronto-based Cobalt 27 Capital Corp. on Tuesday announced it will pay $145 million for the right to the cobalt and nickel from the Ramu mine in Papua New Guinea, in what marks the first streaming deal of its kind in the battery metals space.

Under international guidelines set out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), businesses which use cobalt mined in the DRC must be able to identify the companies who smelt and refine (process) their cobalt.

A new synthetic pigment, cobalt violet (cobalt phosphate), appeared in the second half of the 19th century, broadening the palette of artists.