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.

On August 6, MINING.COM reported: Glencore warns of cobalt surplus amid DRC export ban. Glencore (GLEN), the world's second-largest cobalt producer, warned Wednesday that a significant portion of its ...

Erik Wunder, the driving creative force behind the black metal band Cobalt and gothic folk-rock project Man’s Gin, has died. Nachtmystium’s Blake Judd and Abigail Williams’ Ken Sorceron—both of whom ...

Erik Wunder, the leader of the black metal band Cobalt and the dark folk rock group Man’s Gin, has died. The news was shared by Nachtmystium’s Blake Judd and Abigail Williams’ Ken Sorceron yesterday.

We’re very shocked and saddened to hear reports that Cobalt and Man’s Gin leader Erik Wunder has passed away at 42 years old. Blake Judd of Nachtmystium and Ken Sorceron of Abigail Williams are among ...

The world’s leading producer of cobalt, the Democratic Republic of Congo is looking to boost the price of the blue metal and accelerate its local processing. It’s a bold move – but one that comes with ...

China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd’s share prices surged to a near four-month high, after the company projected record half-year earnings, driven by the ramp-up of its nickel projects in Indonesia ...

The trading unit of CMOC Group — the world’s biggest producer of cobalt — has declared force majeure on deliveries of the battery metal, after the Democratic Republic of Congo extended a ban on ...

Along the 63-mile highway between the towns of Kolwezi and Fungurume sit two towering symbols of China’s stranglehold over resources in the southeast corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo: huge ...

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 ...