Cobalt in Tech
The main purpose of Cobalt in batteries
What is rechargeable batteries?
The percent of the world's cobalt supply located in the Congo
What is 70 percent?
Earlier this year, A U.S. court absolved five of America's biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of child labor in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Name one of these five companies.
What is - Apple; Alphabet Inc., (the parent company of Google); Dell; Microsoft; and Tesla.
The demand for Cobalt in 2025 is expected to be 222,000 tons, which is how many times larger than in 2010?
What is three times larger?
The reason why cobalt mining creates health risks
What is - cobalt is toxic to touch and breathe.
A small rechargeable device containing cobalt that is often used as an alternative to tobacco cigarettes.
What is - a vape.
"TikTok users have pledged to give up their e-cigarettes or vapes, which contain trace amounts of cobalt in their batteries."
A common alternative for cobalt in batteries
What is Lithium-iron-phosphate?
What is Organic Materials?
What is Lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt?
What is - Modern Slavery.
This was the location (state) of America's only cobalt mine.
What is - Idaho?
The mine closed before operation due to a rapid drop in price of cobalt at the time, it is on standby.
The part of the battery that uses cobalt
What is the Cathode?
There are other minerals found in the cobalt mines, along with cobalt. One of these is copper, and the other is a carcinogenic metal with atomic number 92.
What is Uranium?
"Tesla has reduced its average cobalt use by more than 60 percent and is now using cobalt-free batteries in its new car models." However, with the signing of a long-term deal with the mining company Glencore, they will receive this many tons of cobalt from the DRC each year.
What is 6,000 tons.
This is the weight of about 900 African bush elephants.