Cobalt is a critical mineral for America’s economy and military. The element is necessary for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, superalloys in jet engines, and permanent magnets in advanced ...

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While Cobalt is usually the chemical element with the symbol “Co” and the atomic number 27 that’s primarily used for special alloys and lithium-ion batteries, it’s also the name of an obscure General ...

Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says Siddharth Kara, their rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in ...