Cobalt is considered a Critical Raw Material, it is recognised as an important technology enabling metal where energy storage, high temperature resilience, hardness, process efficiency and environmental benefits are required
On 9 January 2019, the Cobalt Institute (CI) launched the Cobalt Industry Responsible Assessment Framework (CIRAF)
Perth-based metals developer Neometals is a step closer to proving the technical and economic viability of its proprietary process to recover metals from recycled lithium-ion batteries
The automotive company has produced the first cars containing recycled cobalt mapped using blockchain technology
This effect is caused by changes in the structure of the substance. The alloys may be used in medicine and industry
The Cobalt Conference 2020(Madrid | 13-14 May)
Cobalt’s properties which allow for increasing chip performance, could lead it to have a major place in the semiconductor manufacturing industry
The CI is looking to develop a sustainability profile for cobalt which will outline the environmental effects and the socio-economic benefits, and highlight the “sustainability attributes” of cobalt substances used in various applications
Cobalt is subject to a wide number of regulations, policies and classifications which are applied at regional, national and global level
Demand for metals used in battery electric vehicles could rise six-fold if electric cars reach 8% of road traffic by the mid-2020s
