Glencore to Ship First Cobalt Cargo Under Congo’s New Quota System

Wedoany.com Report-Dec.10, Glencore has completed the first cobalt export from the Democratic Republ...

DRC Cobalt Export Conditions Tighten With New Quota and Royalty Rules

Wedoany.com Report-Dec.9, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has introduced updated cobalt expor...

Electra ‘Fully Funded’ to Build North America’s First Cobalt Refinery

Wedoany.com Report-Oct. 25, Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ, TSXV: ELBM) announced that it is now fully funded to complete the construction and commissioning of North America’s first cobalt sulfat...

DRC to Lift Cobalt Export Ban and Launch Quotas From October 2025

Wedoany.com Report-Sept. 24, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will replace its cobalt export ban with an annual quota system, effective from October 16, 2025. The DRC’s mining regulator, the A...

US Defense Department Seeks to Purchase $500M Worth of Cobalt

Wedoany.com Report-Aug. 25, The US Department of Defense (DoD), together with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), has announced a tender for the purchase of alloy-grade cobalt, according to Reuters. T...

Cobalt Blue’s Broken Hill Cobalt Project Gains Extension of Major Project Status

Wedoany.com Report-Jul. 6, Cobalt Blue Holdings has secured a three-year extension of major project status for its Broken Hill cobalt project in New South Wales, Australia, as announced by the Commonw...

Congo Extends Cobalt Export Ban by Three Months

Wedoany.com Report-Jun 23, The Democratic Republic of Congo, the worlds leading cobalt supplier, has extended its export ban on cobalt for three months, as announced by the Authority for the Regulatio...

China’s CMOC Group Calls on DRC to End Cobalt Export Ban

Wedoany.com Report-May 22, CMOC Group, a leading Chinese cobalt mining company, has requested that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) end its temporary cobalt export ban, due to expire next month,...

DRC May Impose Stricter Cobalt Export Curbs

Wedoany.com Report-May 16, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the world’s leading cobalt producer, is evaluating stricter export limits on the metal after its current four-month export ban,...

Xerion Announces Pilot Production at US Facility Using Proprietary Cobalt Refinement Technology

Wedoany.com Report-May 2, Xerion Advanced Battery has initiated pilot-scale production at its facility in Dayton, Ohio, USA, utilizing its proprietary DirectPlate Molten Salt Electrolysis (MSE) techno...