Ngokusho kombiko ovela ku-MINING SEE ngomhlaka-30 Mashi 2021, inkampani yezimayini yase-Australia-Finland i-Latitude 66 Cobalt imemezele ukuthi inkampani ithole eyesine ngobukhulu eYurophu empumalanga yeLapland, eFinland. Imayini iBig Cobalt iyidiphozithi enezinga eliphezulu kakhulu le-cobalt emazweni e-EU.
Lokhu kutholakala okusha kuqinise isikhundla seScandinavia njengomkhiqizi wezinto zokusetshenziswa. Kuma-cobalt angu-20 amakhulu kunawo wonke eYurophu, angu-14 aseFinland, angu-5 aseSweden, kanti angu-1 aseSpain. IFinland ingumkhiqizi omkhulu kunawo wonke eYurophu wezinsimbi zamabhethri namakhemikhali.
I-Cobalt iyinto ebalulekile yokwenza omakhalekhukhwini namakhompyutha, futhi ingasetshenziswa ngisho nokwenza izintambo zegitare. Isidingo se-cobalt sikhula kakhulu, ikakhulukazi amabhethri asetshenziswa ezimotweni zikagesi, ngokuvamile aqukethe amakhilogremu angu-36 e-nickel, amakhilogremu angu-7 e-lithium, namakhilogremu angu-12 e-cobalt. Ngokwezibalo ezivela kwi-European Commission (EU Commission), phakathi neminyaka eyishumi yesibili yekhulu lama-21, imakethe yamabhethri yaseYurophu izosebenzisa cishe ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-250 (US$293 billion) yemikhiqizo yamabhethri. Iningi lala mabhethri okwamanje akhiqizwa e-Asia. I-European Commission ikhuthaza izinkampani zaseYurophu ukuthi zikhiqize amabhethri, futhi kunezinhlelo eziningi zokukhiqiza amabhethri eziqhubekayo. Ngokufanayo, i-European Union ikhuthaza nokusetshenziswa kwezinto zokusetshenziswa ezikhiqizwa ngendlela eqhubekayo, kanti i-Latitude 66 Cobalt Mining Company nayo isebenzisa le nqubomgomo yamasu ye-European Union yokumaketha.
“Sinethuba lokutshala imali embonini yezimayini e-Afrika, kodwa lokho akuyona into esizimisele ukuyenza. Isibonelo, angicabangi ukuthi abakhiqizi bezimoto abakhulu bazokwaneliseka ngesimo samanje,” kusho uRussell Delroy, ilungu lebhodi labaqondisi benkampani. Kusho esitatimendeni. (I-Global Geology and Mineral Information Network)