Chinese scientists and engineers have pushed far beyond a string of US military bases known as the second island chain, reaching a seamount in the western Pacific Ocean 2,000 metres (6,561 feet) below ...

The DRC's cobalt ban and now their new cobalt export quota system, effective October 16, 2025, has reduced global supply, helping cobalt prices to double from their lows in 2025. Non-DRC project-based ...

The US Defense Department canceled a tender to buy cobalt, in a fresh sign of the challenges facing Western countries trying to bolster domestic supplies of the battery metal. The Defense Logistics ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo will allow some cobalt exports to resume from next month, as the world’s biggest producer of the metal said quotas would replace a months-long ban on shipments. The ...

A metal once used primarily as a coloring agent in ceramics is now a sought-after commodity for the U.S. military, which wants to add up to $500 million worth of cobalt to defense stockpiles.

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Demand for cobalt will rise faster than supply, allowing the market to reduce the 2024 surplus in coming years and swing to a deficit in the early 2030s, the Cobalt ...

Cobalt is one of the world’s best battery materials, but geopolitically, it’s less than ideal. The world’s largest reserves are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where mining has long been ...

EVelution Energy plans to build the first US cobalt processing facility in Yuma County by the end of 2025. Cobalt is crucial for various industries, including electric vehicles, aerospace and defense, ...

The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices. It’s not the only mineral-rich country to try that. Tariffs aren’t the only thing restricting global ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, industrial and artisanal mining of cobalt and copper, essential for battery-powered technologies, poses risks to the reproductive health of women, preliminary ...

The Biden administration has held talks with three firms in recent weeks about purchasing one of the world’s largest non-Chinese cobalt producers, according to people familiar with the matter, as the ...