by Rejoice Aikohi | Nov 27, 2024
By Mike Blakeney, Head of Government and Public Affairs, Cobalt Institute Trump White Houses – for they are now plural – do not respect the established order. Rules are more like “guidelines”, relationships are more transactional, and the only certainty is...
by Alice Mensah | Oct 16, 2024
In a world increasingly oriented towards renewable energy, the significance of critical minerals such as cobalt cannot be overstated. Driven by global commitments to achieve net-zero, global annual demand for cobalt from batteries is set to grow more than three-fold...
by Alice Mensah | Sep 9, 2024
The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) is the EU’s flagship legislation on critical raw materials (CRMs). The purpose of the act is to secure the EU’s supply of CRMs by improving supply chain resilience, boosting domestic output, and promoting a circular CRM economy....
by Alice Mensah | Jun 6, 2024
In 2023, Cobalt Institute launched a dialogue on Sustainability Standards and Assurance Schemes (‘Standards’) across the cobalt value chain: industry (upstream, midstream and downstream companies), government, civil society, and standard-setting bodies. In total, we...
by Marina Demidova | Apr 23, 2024
Empowering the cobalt industry to supercharge the EU’s industrial goals, facilitate green transition, and enhance economic security is crucial to strengthening European industry competitiveness ahead of the new policy cycle – Cobalt Institute Manifesto Cobalt...
