The first — and only — cobalt mine in America in decades has opened in Idaho amid rising demand for the unique metal, a key component in electric vehicle batteries and battery storage.
Not your grandfather's cobalt mine
Most of the cobalt mined in the world today comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there are widespread child labor and other human rights problems. Most of its production goes to China, which also controls most cobalt refining globally.
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