Ngokwengxelo evela kwi-MINING SEE nge-30 kaMatshi 2021, inkampani yezemigodi yase-Australia-Finland iLatitude 66 Cobalt ibhengeze ukuba le nkampani ifumene eyesine ngobukhulu eYurophu empuma yeLapland, eFinland. UMgodi weCobalt Omkhulu yidiphozithi enomgangatho ophezulu we-cobalt kumazwe e-EU.
Olu vumbululo lutsha luye lwaqinisa isikhundla saseScandinavia njengomvelisi wezinto eziluhlaza. Kwiindawo ezingama-20 ezinkulu ze-cobalt eYurophu, ezili-14 zikwiFinland, ezi-5 zikwiSweden, kwaye enye ikwiSpain. IFinland yeyona mveliso inkulu eYurophu yeentsimbi zebhetri kunye neekhemikhali.
I-Cobalt sisixhobo esibalulekileyo sokwenza iifowuni eziphathwayo kunye neekhompyutha, kwaye ingasetyenziselwa nokwenza iintambo zegitare. Imfuno ye-cobalt ikhula ngokukhawuleza, ngakumbi iibhetri ezisetyenziswa kwizithuthi zombane, eziquka iikhilogram ezingama-36 ze-nickel, iikhilogram ezi-7 ze-lithium, kunye neekhilogram ezili-12 ze-cobalt. Ngokwezibalo ezivela kwiKhomishini yaseYurophu (iKhomishini ye-EU), ngexesha leminyaka yesibini yenkulungwane yama-21, imakethi yeebhetri yaseYurophu iya kusebenzisa malunga nee-euro ezingama-250 ezigidigidi (i-US $ 293 yezigidigidi) zeemveliso zeebhetri. Uninzi lwezi bhetri ngoku ziveliswa e-Asia. IKhomishini yaseYurophu ikhuthaza iinkampani zaseYurophu ukuba zenze iibhetri, kwaye kukho iiprojekthi ezininzi zokuvelisa iibhetri eziqhubekayo. Ngokufanayo, i-European Union ikwakhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwezinto eziluhlaza eziveliswa ngendlela ezinzileyo, kwaye i-Latitude 66 Cobalt Mining Company ikwasebenzisa le nkqubo yeqhinga le-European Union yokuthengisa.
“Sinethuba lokutyala imali kwishishini lezemigodi e-Afrika, kodwa oko akuyonto sizimisele ukuyenza. Umzekelo, andicingi ukuba abenzi beemoto ezinkulu baya kwaneliseka yimeko yangoku,” utshilo uRussell Delroy, ilungu lebhodi yabalawuli benkampani. Utshilo kwingxelo. (I-Global Geology and Mineral Information Network)