Cobalt is an important ingredient in lithium-ion battery cathode production, accounting for about a quarter of the cost of the battery. The price for cobalt spiked to $40 per pound in 2018, but returned to $25 dollars per pound in 2021. Do Tesla batteries use cobalt? Tesla even released some Read more…
It offers the highest energy density and is key for boosting battery life. The Katanga region in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo is home to more than half of the world’s cobalt resources, and over 70% of the current cobalt production worldwide takes place in the country. Read more…
Cobalt blue is lighter and less intense than the (iron-cyanide based) pigment Prussian blue. It is extremely stable and historically has been used as a coloring agent in ceramics (especially Chinese porcelain), jewelry, and paint. Transparent glasses are tinted with the silica-based cobalt pigment smalt. What is cobalt blue? Brief Read more…
Cobalt salts have been used for centuries to produce brilliant blue colours in paint, porcelain, glass, pottery and enamels. Radioactive cobalt-60 is used to treat cancer and, in some countries, to irradiate food to preserve it. Cobalt is an essential trace element, and forms part of the active site of Read more…
Researchers have successfully replaced the rare element iodine in copper-based dye-sensitized solar cells by the more abundant element cobalt, taking a step forward in the development of environmentally friendly energy production. Is cobalt used in renewable energy? Cobalt plays an important role in renewable biogas technology. Biogas is a methane-based Read more…
Despite the Commission’s zero‑tolerance approach to child labor in trade agreements, it is estimated,, according to reports by UN agencies, that in the southern Katanga province, more than 40 000 children are working in hazardous conditions in cobalt mines, with inadequate safety equipment and for very little money[2]. Does Congo Read more…
Cobalt-60 is a commercially important radioisotope, used as a radioactive tracer and for the production of high-energy gamma rays. Cobalt is the active center of a group of coenzymes called cobalamins. Cobalt Standard atomic weight Ar°(Co) 58.933194±0.000003 58.933±0.001 (abridged) Cobalt in the periodic table Is there non radioactive cobalt? Cobalt-59 Read more…
Cobalt plays an important role in renewable biogas technology. Biogas is a methane-based energy carrier and is widely used for delocalised electricity and heat production or as a renewable replacement for natural gas. What is cobalt used for energy? Today it is a metal found in many products ranging from Read more…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is by far the leading producer of cobalt in Africa, and is estimated to have produced 104 thousand metric tons of this metal in 2018. Production volume of cobalt in Africa in 2018, by country (in metric tons) Read more…
Cobalt is used in both glazes and the manufacture of pottery, ceramics, and even the tiles on your roof. Your body actually needs cobalt to survive. It is one of many trace elements needed in your diet. Cobalt is also used to manufacture vitamin B12. What is cobalt used in Read more…