Mining and Electric Vehicles: Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt ...
· Cobalt (Co), like lithium and nickel, is only found in chemically combined form, as a metalliclustered ore, most often as a byproduct of copper and nickel mining in the Congo, where there are also seams of cobalt close to the surface. As a result, there are " artisanal miners " — what a phrase — who scour the mine tailings for shiny ...