cobalt

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Chemaf’s assets are capable of producing around 5% of the world’s cobalt, a metal used in jet fighters, mobile phones and electric-vehicle batteries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Over more than a decade, Chinese companies, willing to take on significant risks, have spent billions of dollars buying up mines in Congo, which produces nearly 75% of the world’s cobalt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

China currently dominates the global supply of lithium and cobalt, both of which are needed in batteries.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

Zimbabwe has some of Africa's largest lithium reserves, as well as chromium, cobalt and rare earth minerals.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

It’s a grief to see the best of Zairean genius and diplomacy spent on bare survival, while fortunes in diamonds and cobalt are slipped daily out from under our feet.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver