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  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Electric vehicles overtake phones as top source of cobalt demand

    Rare metal’s price surges on supply concerns and proliferation of battery-powered cars

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    The Commodities NotePaul Norman Smith
    Time for Europe to reconnect with commodities

    Region risks becoming manufacturing museum unless it can secure supply of critical metals

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    The Commodities Note
    Ethics of cobalt mining must be taken seriously by traders

    Buyers need to create common standards and metrics to govern extraction process

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    Glencore plans UK recycling plant for lithium-ion batteries

    Waste from Britishvolt’s gigafactory in Blyth to be processed at Kent facility to tap rise of electric cars

  • Tuesday, 17 August, 2021
    Glencore
    Glencore backs battery start-up behind plans for UK’s first gigafactory

    FTSE 100 mining group will also supply Britishvolt with a significant share of its cobalt

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    Goldman Sachs Group
    Goldman Sachs ramps up cobalt trading

    Battery metal in hot demand because of electric vehicle boom but hedging options are scant

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    Batteries
    Glencore boss warns of future China dominance in electric vehicles

    US and Europe risk being left behind unless they secure cobalt supplies for batteries, says Ivan Glasenberg

  • Friday, 30 April, 2021
    News in-depthClimate Capital
    Cobalt price jump underscores reliance on metal for electric vehicle batteries

    Supply chain for rare commodity is constrained and linked with human rights abuses

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Trafigura
    Trafigura signs cobalt deal with DRC

    Commodity trader to help improve conditions at informal mining sites in return for supplies

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    DR Congo
    Dan Gertler seeks to head off criticism of latest Congo mining deal

    Sanctions-hit Israeli tycoon offers ‘partnership’ with DRC citizens as he reveals 2017 royalty stream purchase

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
    Mining
    Glencore backs cobalt mining pact in DR Congo

    Accord aims to eradicate child labour and improve working conditions

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    LexElectric vehicles
    Glencore/Tesla: battery flattery Premium content

    Electric car maker to buy cobalt from Swiss mining group

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla to buy cobalt from Glencore for new car plants

    Carmaker strikes deal with Swiss miner for metal to use in Shanghai and Berlin Gigafactories

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
    China’s top cobalt producer halts buying from Congo miners

    Huayou Cobalt bows to pressure over use of child labour in DRC’s informal mining sector

  • Monday, 4 May, 2020
    North America set for first plant supplying cobalt for electric cars

    Glencore-backed First Cobalt to open Canada refinery this year in attempt to cut reliance on China

  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla’s choice of cheaper lithium batteries hits cobalt miners

    Decision by Elon Musk’s group drives down share prices of China’s two biggest producers

  • Friday, 31 January, 2020
    Mining
    DR Congo to support cobalt prices by buying ‘artisanal’ supply

    State monopoly plans to buy informally-mined cobalt in world’s most important market

  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla in talks to buy cobalt from Glencore

    Electric carmaker seeks to secure supplies of battery metal for Shanghai factory

  • Monday, 16 December, 2019
    Tech giants sued over child deaths in DRC cobalt mining

    Apple, Google and Tesla flout their own policies in sourcing material, says human rights group

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Glencore
    Glencore in new cobalt supply deal with South Korean battery maker

    SK Innovation signs six-year deal to source inputs for electric vehicle battery production

  • Monday, 14 October, 2019
    Trafigura bets on Congo even as Glencore shuts mine

    Swiss commodity trader is part of consortium raising money to fund processing plant

  • Monday, 7 October, 2019
    Glencore
    Glencore signs five-year cobalt supply deal with China’s GEM Co

    China is looking to secure supplies of the battery metal amid rising electric vehicle demand

  • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
    Rare earths
    US seeks to curb Chinese dominance in critical minerals

    Washington steps up efforts amid concerns over availability of key raw materials

  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    Cobalt rockets as Glencore plans closure of major mine

    Price spike is relief to miners whose shares have suffered from global growth fears

  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
    News in-depthMining
    Glencore puts faith in ‘miners’ miner’ Freyberg to turn the tide

    South African veteran must quickly lower costs and improve faltering performance

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