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VW lowballs cobalt producers, fails to secure supply for EVs

Andrew Topf | October 15, 2017 | 4:34 pm Battery Metals Europe Cobalt 

Vintage 1970 Volkswagen Beetle sourced on Flickr by Vinylone, via Creative Commons license.  In one of the clearest signs of a tight cobalt market, Volkswagen has failed to secure a long-term supply of cobalt used in electrical vehicle batteries. The German...

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