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The Cobalt Institute appoints Mike Blakeney as Government & Public Affairs Manager
We are very pleased to announce that Mike Blakeney has joined the Cobalt Institute (CI) as the new Government & Public Affairs Manager. He has worked for a number of years on public affairs and ha...

The cobalt industry shares European Commission’s objective to mainstream sustainability and climate across all policies
The pledge to ‘mainstream’ all policies around the European Green Deal to achieve EU climate goals is of utmost important to the cobalt industry. Though the European Green Deal Communication, the...

Rice scientists develop inorganic process for small-scale production of ammonia on demand under ambient conditions
Rice University researchers have developed an inorganic method to synthesize ammonia that is both environmentally friendly and can produce the valuable chemical on demand under ambient conditions. The...

Humidity digester to dry the ambient while generating energy
Integrating a super moisture-absorbent gel with light-active materials, researchers in Singapore have developed a humidity digester to dry the ambient air while generating energy. The method, presente...

Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial device
Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a cheap catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for...

Electric car boom to turbocharge battery metal producers
Demand for metals used in battery electric vehicles could rise six-fold if electric cars reach 8% of road traffic by the mid-2020s, delivering huge dividends for producing countries like Democratic Re...