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NNadir

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3. About 60% of the world cobalt is supplied by the DRC. Here's a recent news article on the subject:

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:41 AM

Nov 2020

Top tech firms sued over DR Congo cobalt mining deaths

From the Council on Foreign Affairs: Why Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention

Of course, as you might well imagine, in recent years all of the major tech companies have put up websites saying that they ethically mine cobalt and/or don't get any from Africa...blah...blah...blah...

Still, slaves dig it there. Someone's using it, and no, HR-ICP/MS is not going to give a signature for a monoisotopic element.

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This should go a long way to ending modern day human slavery to mine cobalt in the Congo region. [View all] NNadir Nov 2020 OP

Wow, Wikipedia article on niobium really needs to be updated. No mention of DCR. eppur_se_muova Nov 2020 #1

About 60% of the world cobalt is supplied by the DRC. Here's a recent news article on the subject: NNadir Nov 2020 #3

So what potential alternatives are in the works that are showing the best promise to cstanleytech Nov 2020 #2

If one types "cobalt free" and "electrode" in Google scholar NNadir Nov 2020 #4