Why green energy means mining: the case of cobalt

"POLITICO Money" presents Episode 6 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations":

To understand how essential critical minerals are to our world, we turn to a case study: cobalt. This mineral is proving key to the future of green energy, defense and high tech manufacturing — not to mention electric vehicles. But cobalt has its challenges. Hosts Luiza Savage and Ryan Heath look at China’s dominant role in global cobalt mining and the serious problems that can arise if other countries can't get enough supplies.

Luiza Savage (politico.com/staff/luiza-savage) is the host of "Global Translations".
Ryan Heath (politico.com/states/staff/ryan-heath) is a host of "Global Translations".
Annie Rees (twitter.com/annielrees?lang=en) is a producer for POLITICO Audio.
Kara Tabor (twitter.com/KATabor?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ct…) is a producer for POLITICO Audio.
Jenny Ament (twitter.com/JennyAment) is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.
Irene Noguchi (twitter.com/IreneNoguchi) is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

Nedal T. Nassar is Chief of Materials Flow Analysis Section at the U.S. Geological Survey.
Bryce Crocker is the CEO of Jervois Mining
Aimee Boulanger is the executive director of Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)

Read Luiza Savage's article on how America got outmaneuvered in a critical mining race:
politico.com/news/2020/12/02/china-cobalt-mini…

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Morning Energy: politico.com/morningenergy
The Long Game: politico.com/newsletters/the-long-game
China Watcher: politico.com/china
Morning Tech: politico.com/morningtech

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