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Imports of Russian cobalt into the US are to face an increased tariff of 45%, which will come into effect after President Biden signs a bill passed by US Senate overnight to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus

An industry expert has warned that in the next ten years demand for high-purity manganese is likely to exceed supply unless more attention is paid to the battery-grade metal

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Availability concerns on certain materials and in specific regions have been supporting the emergence of a premium for alloy-grade cobalt against standard-grade material, compounded by the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war and its potential effect on flows of Russian cobalt

A bullish long-term outlook for lithium has resource-rich Argentina looking to incentivize bringing more projects into the country over the next three years to meet soaring global demand for the battery raw material

A ruling by a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) placing a temporary administrator in charge of China Molybdenum’s cobalt mine in the country could have significant implications for the cobalt hydroxide market, sources have told Fastmarkets