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- Title
Global trends affecting the supply security of cobalt.
- Authors
Shedd, Kim B.; McCullough, Erin A.; Bleiwas, Donald I.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the cobalt production, global demand and risks involved in its trade. Topics discussed include low production in the cobalt mines in the U.S. and political aspects of mines in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), various uses of cobalt due to its ferromagnetism, hardness, and resistance to corrosion, which includes lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, and chart on country wise cobalt production and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) since the year 1990.
- Subjects
COBALT industry; CONGO (Democratic Republic) politics &; government; FERROMAGNETISM; LITHIUM-ion batteries -- Design &; construction; HERFINDAHL-Hirschman index
- Publication
Mining Engineering, 2017, Vol 69, Issue 12, p37
- ISSN
0026-5187
- Publication type
Article