A new report detailing two years of research has found that the extraction of cobalt from mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is happening under inhumane conditions.
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An image shared on Facebook showing a raised canal built across a traffic intersection has been shared on Facebook with the claim that the waterway is the Kafubu River in Zambia. However, this is false; the aerial picture actually shows a canal bridge in Belgium.
This Facebook post published on May 24, 2021, includes the image which shows a working canal spanning a large traffic intersection, surrounded by green fields.
“Just Incase you’ve never been to Ndola Copperbelt this is an aerial Photo of Kafubu River ! Photo credit : Evans Kabesha,” reads the post’s caption.
Global cobalt production capacity expected to be cash positive in 2021 – report
The Dewiza operation came online in 2020 with low sustaining costs on a unit cobalt basis.
(Image courtesy of Copper China).
Market analyst Roskill forecasts that cobalt’s all-in sustaining cost of production will fall by around 2% y-o-y in 2021, from $23,085/t to $22,600t.
In a recent report, Roskill explains that, as a result of this prediction, it estimates that over 98% of cobalt production capacity will be cash positive on an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) basis, based on cobalt price circa $39,700/t.
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