In this Our Changing Climate video essay, I look at the horrors of the cobalt supply chain fueling the electric car and ...

Cobalt prices started 2024 trading at the US$29,151.50 per metric ton level, the highest price point the battery metal ...

Mining is the process of adding and validating transaction records on the Bitcoin public blockchain ledger while securing uptime for the network. This is how the network persists without relying ...

A new report from the Institute for Energy Research (IER) details the costs of electric vehicles (EVs), the limitations to electric vehicle adoption, and the myths surrounding electric vehicle policy.

Bitcoin mining involves solving complex mathematical puzzles, validating transactions and securing the network. Miners compete to find the correct hash, adding new blocks to the blockchain and ...

The US technology company has refuted allegations that it is complicit in the unethical supply of minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lawyers representing ... faced accusations relating to ...

Leader of the M23 group says its rebellion in eastern DR Congo is a ‘defensive’ one, hopes for dialogue with Kinshasa. At least 38 dead and more than 100 missing after ferry carrying people ...

As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly classics and modern thrills for young readers. A graphic novel makes a powerful case that if these two men ...

Cobalt miner Jervois Global Ltd. will go private as part of a restructuring deal with one of its lenders, after struggling to compete with Chinese rivals as prices for the battery metal plunged.

Cobalt prices plunged to all-time lows in 2024 amid a massive increase in production from Chinese companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... Syrah’s mining operations and ...

The company has said the Idaho mine would not be viable until cobalt prices rise to about double their current level. Jervois, which has received financial support from the U.S. Department of Defense, ...