A new documentary looked at ways to reduce the human and environmental harms stemming from the mining of "critical minerals." Without minerals like cobalt, nickel and lithium, there would be no ...

It would be disingenuous to attempt to disentangle the human rights abuses connected to creating technologies from their ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain Amber X.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is rich with lithium, an essential mineral for electric car batteries. JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP—Getty Images In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, hands that ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian cobalt developer Jervois Mining will take over eCobalt Solutions after shareholders of the Canadian company voted in favor of the deal, Jervois said on Monday. Jervois ...

Democratic Republic of Congo will stick to its recently announced quota system for cobalt exports, with revisions only possible in the long term if the government sees them as necessary, the country's ...

The US is seeking to procure cobalt worth up to $500-million for defence stockpiles amid the country's move to boost its critical mineral supplies. Companies have been scrambling to source rare earths ...