It had all the makings of a typical VIP ribbon cutting: Government officials, diplomats, light refreshments, an actual ribbon. "We even have scissors!" Joked the host. What wasn't so typical? To get ...

China has field-tested an intelligent robotic mining vehicle at a depth of 2,000 meters (6,561 feet) in the western Pacific ...

The world’s No. 1 cobalt miner is sounding the alarm over the shrinking role of the metal in electric vehicle batteries. Chinese company CMOC Group, which has been churning out cobalt much faster than ...

LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Trading firm Traxys has won a tender to sell cobalt metal for Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM.TO), opens new tab, two sources familiar with the matter said, in a deal that ...

Cobalt is a critical material for the energy transition, with increased demand in recent years due to its essential role in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), energy storage and other ...

The incoming Trump administration may shift funding away from renewable energy projects, potentially impacting the demand for metals like steel, copper, nickel, and cobalt. Despite potential federal ...

Penn researchers led a collaborative effort pioneering safer, more sustainable technique to extract elements critical to battery-powered technologies. Findings pave the way for getting value from ...

Quiet for more than 40 years now, silver mines around the northern Ontario town of Cobalt could soon be starting up again. That's thanks to record prices for silver, which has been hitting $50 U.S.