Exclusive - Glencore to ship first cobalt cargo under Congo's new quota system

By Ange Kasongo, Pratima Desai and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila KINSHASA/LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Glencore has become the first ...
Seeking Alpha

First Cobalt: The Fundamentals Improved, The Share Price Remains Almost The Same

First Cobalt closed an off-take agreement and entered the final stages of the debt financing process. A study investigating the options for adding a battery recycling circuit is underway. At the Iron ...
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First Cobalt secures C$10 mln government backing for Canada refinery

Canada's First Cobalt Corp said on Wednesday it has secured C$10 million in government loans and grants, allowing it to accelerate startup and expansion of North America's first cobalt refinery. By ...
The Mining Journal

First Cobalt soars on news of C$10M in government backing

First Cobalt shares soared to a one-year high as it announced strategic investments totalling C$10 million by Canada’s federal and Ontario governments, towards helping it power “the electric vehicle ...
Business Insider

First Cobalt Studies Battery Recycling for Nickel, Copper and Cobalt Recovery

TORONTO, Feb. 17, 2021 /CNW/ - First Cobalt Corp. (TSXV: FCC) (OTCQX: FTSSF) (the "Company") today announced that it has begun a study of black mass material from recycled batteries as a supplemental ...
Forbes

How First Cobalt Is Handling The Rapid Growth Of The Cobalt Industry

In December 2017, First Cobalt closed a merger with Cobalt One to form the largest landowner in the Cobalt Camp in Ontario and owns the only cobalt refinery in North America for producing battery ...
Business Insider

First Cobalt Granted U.S. Department of Energy Funding for Idaho Cobalt Project

TORONTO, April 28, 2021 /CNW/ - First Cobalt Corp. (TSX-V: FCC) (OTCQX: FTSSF) (the "Company") today announced that it has been awarded funding from the US Department of Energy's Critical Materials ...
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First Cobalt Delivers News of Robust Definitive Feasibility Study on 100%-Owned Cobalt Refinery

Peter Epstein of Epstein Research profiles the company that has the only permitted, primary cobalt refinery in North America. Activity in the junior mining space for almost everything except gold and ...
Electrek

First Cobalt plans first North American cobalt refinery for EV batteries

Toronto-based First Cobalt said today it would become North America’s first producer of cobalt sulphate, which is crucial for EV batteries. By the end of next year, its Ontario refinery could produce ...
E&E

Financial troubles hit US-backed cobalt producer

Australia-based Jervois Mining, which is trying to develop the nation’s first cobalt mine in Idaho, is struggling in the face of Chinese competition. A federally backed minerals company pushing to ...
NPR

The first cobalt mine in America in decades is opening in Idaho

The first cobalt mine in America in decades opens Friday in Idaho. The metal used in electric vehicle batteries is in big demand yet analysts say the environmental costs are also high. And now to ...