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COBALT: Volvo Cars, China in first blockchain project for recycled cobalt
- Date: 02-08-19
- Category: COBALT
- Source: Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Volvo Cars, owned by China’s Geely [GEELY.UL], has produced the first cars containing recycled cobalt mapped using a blockchain, and has joined a separate project to monitor cobalt from Democratic Republic of Congo, Volvo said.
View full storyCOBALT: Congo's Jan to May copper output slides 16%, cobalt down 21%
- Date: 09-07-19
- Category: COBALT
- Source: Mining Weekly
DAKAR – Copper production in Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's top producer, fell by 16.2% year-on-year in the January to May period, while cobalt output slid 21.5%, the central bank said on Tuesday.
View full storyCOBALT: Glencore, Umicore enter cobalt supply agreement
- Date: 29-05-19
- Category: COBALT
- Source: Argus Media
Switzerland-based commodities trading and producing company Glencore has entered into an agreement to supply cobalt hydroxide to Belgian battery materials producer Umicore.
View full storyCOBALT: BMW to buy cobalt direct from Australia, Morocco for EV batteries
- Date: 23-04-19
- Category: COBALT
- Source: Reuters
German carmaker BMW will buy cobalt, a key component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, directly from mines in Australia and Morocco to ensure they are not produced by child labour, an executive said on Tuesday.
View full storyCOBALT: MMG Joins Glencore, ERG Reviewing Congo Plans After Tax Hike
- Date: 03-04-19
- Category: COBALT
- Source: Bloomberg
Yet another foreign miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo is reviewing its future production plans after the government increased taxes and removed investor safeguards despite industry protests.
View full storyCOBALT: Billionaires Are On the Hunt for New Underground Cobalt
- Date: 04-03-19
- Category: COBALT
- Source: Bloomberg
A coalition of billionaires led by Bill Gates has thrown its financial weight behind a startup hoping to build a "Google Maps for the earth’s crust" to hunt for new sources of cobalt.
View full storyCOBALT: Ford, Huayou Cobalt, IBM, LG Chem, RCS Global launch blockchain pilot to address concerns in strategic mineral supply chains; cobalt to start
- Date: 16-01-19
- Category: COBALT
- Source: Green Car Congress
Ford Motor Company, Huayou Cobalt, IBM, LG Chem and RCS Global will use blockchain technology to trace and validate ethically sourced minerals in an effort to support human rights and environmental protection while helping infuse more transparency into global mineral supply chains.
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