News
CI appoints Simon Cook as VP of Global Regulations
The Cobalt Institute (CI) is delighted to welcome Dr Simon Cook as the new Vice President of Global Regulations. He will be responsible for the global regulatory and science functions of the Institute...
New cobalt supply central to growing electric vehicle market
Cobalt is a technology and energy metal with unique physical and chemical properties making it ideal for use in a wide range of metallic and chemical applications. Historically, consumption was domina...
The Cobalt Industry Responsible Assessment Framework (CIRAF)
On 9 January 2019, the Cobalt Institute (CI) launched the Cobalt Industry Responsible Assessment Framework (CIRAF). The CIRAF strengthens the ability of cobalt producers and buyers to assess, mitigate...
The CI welcomes new Member Metalkol RTR
We are delighted to welcome Metalkol RTR to the Cobalt Institute (CI) as a new Member.
Metalkol RTR is a major reprocessing plant for historic cobalt and copper tailings from previous mining operatio...
Volkswagen to spend $50 billion on electric car ‘offensive’
German automaker Volkswagen said Friday it will spend tens of billions of dollars refocusing the company on the making of electric cars, autonomous vehicles and new mobility services.
The Wolfsburg-b...
The President of the Cobalt Institute opened China International Ni&Co Forum
The President of the Cobalt Institute, David Weight, opened China International Ni & Co Industry Forum 2018 with a speech on “the circular economy and the value of pursuing sustainability in th...
No stopping strong global EV sales growth
China’s month-on-month new electric vehicles (NEV) sales rebounded in August after month-on-month declines in June and July. The drop-in sales between May and June was the first drop since September...
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has found new deep-sea mineral deposits
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate just concluded a successful three-week data acquisition expedition on the Mohn’s ridge in the western part of the Norwegian Sea.
The Mohn’s ridge is a seafloor...
France’s Saft targets new generation battery production from 2020
France's Saft, a unit of energy company Total, expects its four-way European battery alliance to begin mass production of new generation lithium-ion batteries from early 2020.
Saft, Siemens, Solvay a...
Fortune Minerals announces successful tests to produce clean cobalt concentrate from the Nico Project
Fortune Minerals Limited has announced that it has received successful results of metallurgical test work verifying that it can produce an upgraded and essentially arsenic-free cobalt concentrate for...
China International Ni&Co Industry Forum 2018
China International Ni&Co Industry Forum 2018 will take place from 6 to 8 November in Xiamen, Fujian Province (China). This event has become an important platform for discussing the trend of coba...
Innovation award for an acid-free rare earth metals recycling process which can also recover cobalt
Researchers at the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) and Ames Laboratory invented a magnet recycling process in which magnets are dissolved in water-based solutions, recovering more than 99 percent p...