Everything from electric vehicles to smartphones all run lithium-ion units with risky heavy metals that are a finite resource, Big Blue just made do without them…
Tag: cobalt
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over child cobalt mining deaths in Congo
A landmark legal case has been launched against the world’s largest tech companies by Congolese families who say their children were killed or maimed…
Behind the hype of Apple’s plan to one day stop mining the earth altogether
The existence of devices like the iPhone has come at a price…
Scientists uncover new battery chemical with 50 percent more storage capacity
Scientists have found a way of using alternative metals in lithium-based batteries…
Apple cobalt supplier seeking ethical supply with industry pilot
A supplier of cobalt to Apple Inc. is joining with others in the industry to try to ensure the metal…
Apple’s potential cobalt mining play is about more than money
Recent reports that Apple is looking to procure cobalt, an essential component in smartphone batteries…
Why Apple wants its own supply of cobalt
Apple may be cutting out the middleman in its acquisitions of cobalt…
Apple in talks to buy cobalt directly from miners
Apple Inc. is in talks to buy long-term supplies of cobalt directly from miners for the first time…
