Global trends affecting the supply security of cobalt

The earliest known use of cobalt was to make blue glass in Mesopotamia before 2000 BCE. Since then, innovations across many diverse industrial sectors transformed cobalt into an essential commodity for contemporary society. The physical and chemical properties of the element cobalt and its alloys an...

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Published inMining engineering Vol. 69; no. 12; pp. 37 - 42
Main Authors Shedd, Kim B, McCullough, Erin A, Bleiwas, Donald I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Littleton Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc 01.12.2017
Subjects
Aircraft
Aircraft engines
Alloying elements
Batteries
Chemical properties
Chemicophysical properties
Cobalt
Cobalt base alloys
Cobalt compounds
Commodities
Consumption
Copper
Electric vehicles
Engines
Geology
Guidance systems
Hybrid electric vehicles
Innovation
Innovations
Machine tools
Metals
Minerals
Mines
Mining
Mining engineering
Missile control
Nickel
Petroleum
Petroleum refining
Security
Smartphones
Supply chains
Trends
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Summary:The earliest known use of cobalt was to make blue glass in Mesopotamia before 2000 BCE. Since then, innovations across many diverse industrial sectors transformed cobalt into an essential commodity for contemporary society. The physical and chemical properties of the element cobalt and its alloys and compounds make them indispensable for a variety of applications, including aircraft engines, hybrid electric vehicles, machine tools, missile guidance systems, petroleum refining and smartphones. As a major industrialized nation, the US is a leading consumer of cobalt and cobalt-containing products. Here, Shedd et al discuss the global trends affecting the supply security of cobalt.
ISSN:0026-5187