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Battery metal in hot demand because of electric vehicle boom but hedging options are scant
US and Europe risk being left behind unless they secure cobalt supplies for batteries, says Ivan Glasenberg
Supply chain for rare commodity is constrained and linked with human rights abuses
Commodity trader to help improve conditions at informal mining sites in return for supplies
Sanctions-hit Israeli tycoon offers ‘partnership’ with DRC citizens as he reveals 2017 royalty stream purchase
Accord aims to eradicate child labour and improve working conditions
Electric car maker to buy cobalt from Swiss mining group
Carmaker strikes deal with Swiss miner for metal to use in Shanghai and Berlin Gigafactories
Huayou Cobalt bows to pressure over use of child labour in DRC’s informal mining sector
Glencore-backed First Cobalt to open Canada refinery this year in attempt to cut reliance on China
Decision by Elon Musk’s group drives down share prices of China’s two biggest producers
State monopoly plans to buy informally-mined cobalt in world’s most important market
Electric carmaker seeks to secure supplies of battery metal for Shanghai factory
Apple, Google and Tesla flout their own policies in sourcing material, says human rights group
SK Innovation signs six-year deal to source inputs for electric vehicle battery production
Swiss commodity trader is part of consortium raising money to fund processing plant
China is looking to secure supplies of the battery metal amid rising electric vehicle demand
Washington steps up efforts amid concerns over availability of key raw materials
Price spike is relief to miners whose shares have suffered from global growth fears
South African veteran must quickly lower costs and improve faltering performance
Mutanda facility in Democratic Republic of Congo to be shut
Mining company has been grappling with string of issues in DR Congo
Arrival of armed forces comes after 43 informal miners were killed in a pit collapse
Illegal mining has become a growing problem in the Katanga region
Supply glut of key metal in electric cars dents country’s economic growth prospects
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