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  2. Mutanda mine - Wikipedia

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    Globally, most cobalt is used to manufacture lithium-ion batteries. Some estimates indicate a 5000% increase in electric vehicle manufacture between 2016 and 2030 to meet CO 2 emission targets in the Paris Agreement. This has created a mining boom for cobalt, copper, and other minerals critical for manufacture of electric vehicle batteries. [8]

  3. Cobalt extraction - Wikipedia

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    Cobalt extraction refers to the techniques used to extract cobalt from its ores and other compound ores. Several methods exist for the separation of cobalt from copper and nickel . They depend on the concentration of cobalt and the exact composition of the ore used.

  4. ‘Here it is better not to be born’: Cobalt mining for Big ...

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    Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected,” Mr Kara writes. Cobalt is toxic to touch and breathe in, and can be found alongside traces of radioactive uranium. Cancers, respiratory illnesses ...

  5. Karakul deposit - Wikipedia

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    The Karakul deposit is one of the largest cobalt deposits in Russia. [1] The deposit is located in Altai Republic. [1] The deposit has reserves amounting to 180 million tonnes of ore grading 0.33% cobalt, 1.5% copper, 0.11% nickel and bismuth, 0.4% tungsten, 4.6 million oz of gold and 57.6 million oz of silver.

  6. Deziwa mine - Wikipedia

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    The Deziwa mine is a large open-pit copper and cobalt mine located about 35 km east of Kolwezi in Lualaba Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] The mine is estimated to hold 4.6 million tonnes of copper and 420,000 tonnes of cobalt. The mine sits directly adjacent to the Mutanda Mine.

  7. Ambatovy mine - Wikipedia

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    In 2022 the company paid 44 million US$ (198 Billion ariary) in mining taxes & fees to the Malagasy government. Furthermore US$340 million were spent with local purchases. [10] 40,000 tonnes of nickel and 3600 tons of cobalt were produced during the same year.

  8. Idaho Cobalt Operations - Wikipedia

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    Mining in the DRC is also notorious for human rights violations. [5] [7] The Idaho cobalt mine is located in a cobalt belt that was mined intermittently beginning in the late 1800s. Full scale cobalt mining began at Blackbird mine in 1949 and was closed in the late 1980s leaving contaminated water and a superfund site. [7] [8]

  9. Kamoto mine - Wikipedia

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    The Kamoto Mine (French: La mine de Kamoto) is an underground copper and cobalt mine to the west of Musonoi in the former Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] As of 2022, the site is the largest active cobalt mine in the world. [3] The mine includes the Luilu metallurgical plant, which accepts ore from KOV mine and Mashamba ...