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The Cobalt Institute’s member Glencore published a report on the Cobalt Industry Responsible Assessment Framework (CIRAF) – the first tool to articulate a joint approach for defining, managing and reporting on the responsible production of cobalt.
12 June marks the World Day Against Child Labour, which aims to raise awareness and activism to prevent child labour. On this occasion, Fabiana Di Lorenzo and Blanca Racionero Gomez from a social venture Levin Sources discuss the problem of child labour in the artisanal mining sector. They call for collective and systemic efforts to end child labour in a sustainable way.
The Cobalt Institute's members CMOC, Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), Glencore and Umicore joined forces to trace the cobalt they produce and use using the blockchain technology.
The Cobalt Conference has become a platform for the high-level state officials and industry executives from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to demonstrate the country’s efforts to formalise the artisanal and small-scale mining. Similar sentiments were shared by the Cook Islands Prime Minister on its efforts to develop deep sea mining.
The Cobalt Institute commissioned Roskill – a leader in critical materials supply chain intelligence – to prepare a “State of the Cobalt Market 2020 Report”. The report looks at the global trends in cobalt consumption, supply and production in 2020. It is the most comprehensive publicly available market overview to date.
Cobalt Institute’s member China Moly (CMOC) and its Swiss-based trading arm, IXM, have joined the ‘Better Mining’ initiative that seeks to help artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) become a responsibly-managed, viable source of battery metals.
Umicore obtained, for the sixth year in a row, third-party assurance from PwC that its cobalt purchases are carried out in line with the conditions set out in its Sustainable Procurement Framework for Cobalt. The various sustainability aspects of the battery supply chain include the conditions under which raw materials are extracted and processed.
The Cobalt Institute supported a programme of scientific studies on “Chronic Toxicity of Cobalt to Marine Organisms”, published in the Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Journal.
The Cobalt Institute has appointed Marina Demidova as its communications manager.
The Cobalt Institute has appointed Caroline Braibant as its Head of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs.
