{"id":92465,"date":"2026-03-13T13:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=92465"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:44:32","slug":"cobalt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cobalt\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobalt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cobalt Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a new report, the world\u2019s largest cobalt producing company has caused serious environmental and public health damage in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cobalt<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a hard, <\/span><b>lustrous, silver-grey metal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Properties<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>ferromagnetic strategic alloying metal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a chemical element with the <\/span><b>symbol Co and atomic no.27.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is associated mostly with <\/span><b>copper, nickel and arsenic ores.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cobalt is extracted as a <\/span><b>by-product of copper, nickel, zinc or precious metals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major World reserves of cobalt:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, Canada, Philippines and Cuba.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Occurrences of cobalt in India:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jharkhand, Odisha, Rajasthan, Nagaland and Madhya Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Cobalt<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major use of cobalt is in <\/span><b>metallurgical applications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the Special alloy\/Superalloy Industry, in magnets and cutting tools industries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cobalt is used as precursors (cobalt compounds) for cathodes in <\/span><b>rechargeable batteries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also <\/span><b>used in powerful magnets<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, cutting tools and high-strength alloys in the aerospace, energy and defence sectors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cobalt compounds have been used since antiquity as a <\/span><b>pigment (cobalt-blue) for pottery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, glass, paints and other media.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/africa\/cobalt-mining-in-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-polluting-air-and-displacing-communities-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cobalt is a ferromagnetic strategic alloying metal. 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