The government said the surprise four-month ban on exports of cobalt a key component in electric car batteries aims to stabilise the market "in the face of an overabundance of supply" internationally.

Accommodating Italian baristas added hot water. "The name 'Americano' does ... distinctly Canadian brew. Mix grains of cobalt, mined in Labrador, with potash, quarried in Saskatchewan, and whisks ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo, home to three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, has done the next best thing by slapping a three-month suspension on exports. This is unlikely to reverse the ...

The policy aims to boost the DRC’s control over cobalt prices following market instability. Credit: RHJPhtotos/Shutterstock. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has initiated a state monopoly to ...

Entreprise Generale du Cobalt, or EGC, is now the only entity allowed to export so-called artisanal cobalt, according to new regulations signed by the prime minister and mines minister on Feb. 21.