Raws li daim ntawv tshaj tawm los ntawm MINING SEE thaum Lub Peb Hlis 30, 2021, lub tuam txhab Australian-Finnish mining Latitude 66 Cobalt tshaj tawm tias lub tuam txhab tau tshawb pom qhov thib plaub loj tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Europe hauv sab hnub tuaj Lapland, Finland. Lub Big Cobalt Mine yog qhov tso nyiaj nrog qib cobalt siab tshaj plaws hauv EU lub tebchaws.
Qhov kev tshawb pom tshiab no tau ua rau Scandinavia txoj haujlwm ua tus tsim cov khoom siv raw. Ntawm 20 qhov chaw tso nyiaj cobalt loj tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Europe, 14 nyob hauv Finland, 5 nyob hauv Sweden, thiab 1 nyob hauv Spain. Finland yog Tebchaws Europe tus tsim cov hlau roj teeb thiab tshuaj lom neeg loj tshaj plaws.
Cobalt yog ib yam khoom siv tseem ceeb rau kev ua cov xov tooj ntawm tes thiab cov khoos phis tawj, thiab nws tuaj yeem siv los ua cov hlua guitar. Qhov kev thov rau cobalt tab tom loj hlob sai heev, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov roj teeb siv hauv cov tsheb fais fab, uas feem ntau muaj 36 kilograms ntawm nickel, 7 kilograms ntawm lithium, thiab 12 kilograms ntawm cobalt. Raws li cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm European Commission (EU Commission), thaum lub xyoo caum thib ob ntawm lub xyoo pua 21st, kev lag luam roj teeb European yuav siv li ntawm 250 billion euros (US $ 293 billion) tus nqi ntawm cov khoom roj teeb. Feem ntau ntawm cov roj teeb no tam sim no Lawv txhua tus tsim tawm hauv Asia. European Commission txhawb kom cov tuam txhab European tsim cov roj teeb, thiab muaj ntau qhov project tsim roj teeb. Ib yam li ntawd, European Union kuj txhawb kom siv cov khoom siv raw tsim tawm hauv txoj kev ruaj khov, thiab Latitude 66 Cobalt Mining Company kuj siv txoj cai tswjfwm no ntawm European Union rau kev lag luam.
"Peb muaj lub sijhawm los nqis peev hauv kev lag luam mining hauv Africa, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog ib yam dab tsi uas peb txaus siab ua. Piv txwv li, kuv tsis xav tias cov tuam txhab tsim tsheb loj yuav txaus siab rau qhov xwm txheej tam sim no," Russell Delroy, ib tug tswv cuab ntawm pawg thawj coj ntawm lub tuam txhab tau hais. Tau hais hauv ib daim ntawv tshaj tawm. (Global Geology and Mineral Information Network)