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MEP Christophe Grudler: “The EU Batteries Regulation will be a successful case study for the rest of the world”
The Cobalt Institute spoke with Christophe Grudler, Member of the European Parliament, about the EU’s Batteries Regulation and its contribution to the circular economy and climate neutrality.

Cobalt Industry EU REACH dossier updates well received by ECHA
The Cobalt REACH Consortium (CoRC) carried out a comprehensive update of EU REACH dossiers to implement the new harmonized classification for cobalt metal.

Chemicals Management in China: overview
The Chinese government uses a network management model in the regulatory supervision of chemicals. The Ministry of Industry and Information technology (MIIT), Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE)...

Cobalt Institute appoints Tom Fairlie as Sustainability Manager
Tom will lead the sustainability work at the Cobalt Institute, which focuses on the decarbonization of cobalt supply chains, circular economy agendas and electric vehicle battery legislation.

Met4Tech: Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals – including Cobalt
Cobalt Institute collaborates with Met4Tech on carrying out case studies on cobalt deposits mined by large scale mining (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Read a blogpost from Met4Tech on its new Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals.

Cobalt – Part of the U.S. Solution
When U.S. President Joe Biden took the oath of office in January of this year, he stepped into the middle of multiple crises – a worldwide pandemic, a changing global climate, and stunning domestic...