cobalt mining | Cobalt Mining: The Dark Side of the Energy Transition

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cobalt mining	0.92	0.7	4826	12	13
cobalt	0.61	0.6	7538	51	6
mining	0.23	0.4	3011	72	6

Keyword	CPC	PCC	Volume	Score
cobalt mining	0.48	0.5	2802	35
cobalt mining in congo	0.62	0.4	3387	34
cobalt mining stocks	0.28	0.3	8534	58
cobalt mining companies	1.63	0.7	2116	19
cobalt mining in congo child labor	0.11	0.1	7889	72
cobalt mining in africa	0.55	0.5	7158	17
cobalt mining slavery	0.26	0.8	6523	83
cobalt mining environmental impact	0.22	0.2	9251	25
cobalt mining wow	1.07	0.4	8894	80
cobalt mining in the drc	0.69	0.3	2710	73
cobalt mining wotlk	1.09	0.2	2736	28
cobalt mining for electric cars	0.32	0.1	7084	94
cobalt mining in canada	1.63	0.4	2239	36
cobalt mining child labor	0.47	0.5	2549	14
cobalt mining effect on environment	1	1	5272	81
joe rogan cobalt mining	1.07	0.1	8675	47
children mining cobalt congo	0.46	1	2513	43

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Cobalt Mining: The Dark Side of the Energy Transition | Earth.Org
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https://earth.org/cobalt-mining/

WEBSep 27, 2022 · Can We Improve Cobalt Mining? Given that cobalt-based batteries are a crucial and inevitable part of the green energy transition, both large-scale industrial mining and artisanal mining are here to stay. A World Economic Forum (WEF) white paper in 2020 outlined the current state of artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC and offered …

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Cobalt is in demand, so why did America's only cobalt mine close?
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https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1219246964/cobalt-is-important-for-green-energy-so-why-has-americas-only-coablt-mine-closed

WEBDec 14, 2023 · A cobalt mine. More specifically the only operating cobalt mine in the US. Cobalt is a silvery-blue metal that is an essential ingredient in the batteries that power our phones and...

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'Cobalt Red' describes the 'horror show' of mining the element in …
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https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara

WEBFeb 1, 2023 · In his new book, Cobalt Red, Kara writes that much of the DRC's cobalt is being extracted by so-called "artisanal" miners — freelance workers who do extremely dangerous labor for the equivalent...

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The rush for cobalt in the Congo reveals the human cost of the …
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-24/cobalt-mining-in-the-congo-green-energy/100802588

WEBFeb 23, 2022 · Every day, artisanal miners swarm over the embankments, trespassing on the CDM mine in search of cobalt they can sell on the informal market. Mine security patrols are known to chase, arrest, beat ...

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Why Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention
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https://www.cfr.org/blog/why-cobalt-mining-drc-needs-urgent-attention

WEBOct 29, 2020 · More than 70 percent of the world’s cobalt is produced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and 15 to 30 percent of the Congolese cobalt is produced by artisanal and small-scale...

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Cobalt powers our lives. What is it—and why is it so controversial?
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/cobalt-mining-congo-batteries-electric-vehicles

WEBDec 21, 2023 · Cobalt is a metal that produces a blue pigment. It's essential for making many of the batteries powering phones, computers, and electric vehicles, but mining it is linked to human rights abuses.

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A U.S. cobalt mine, crucial to making electric vehicles, opens in ... - NPR
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https://www.npr.org/2022/10/08/1127310649/in-idaho-americas-first-and-only-cobalt-mine-in-decades-is-opening

WEBOct 8, 2022 · SALMON, Idaho — The first — and only — cobalt mine in America in decades opened Friday in Idaho amid rising demand for the unique metal, a key component in electric vehicle batteries and...

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Cobalt Life Cycle | Cobalt Institute
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https://www.cobaltinstitute.org/about-cobalt/cobalt-life-cycle/cobalt-mining/

WEBThe process of cobalt mining involves many steps, including locating suitable deposits and extracting the ore before refining it into a usable form. Cobalt is only extracted alone in Morocco and some Canadian arsenide ores. 98% of cobalt production is …

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The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush | The New Yorker
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/31/the-dark-side-of-congos-cobalt-rush

WEBMay 24, 2021 · Southern Congo sits atop an estimated 3.4 million metric tons of cobalt, almost half the world’s known supply. In recent decades, hundreds of thousands of Congolese have moved to the formerly...

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What to Know About the Frantic Quest for Cobalt - The New York Times
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/world/china-congo-cobalt-explained.html

WEBNov 20, 2021 · The sale, starting in 2016, of two major cobalt reserves in Congo by an American mining giant to a Chinese conglomerate marked the end of any major U.S. mining presence in cobalt in the...

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