Ho ya ka tlaleho e tswang ho MINING SEE ka la 30 Hlakubele 2021, khamphani ya merafo ya Australia le Finland ya Latitude 66 Cobalt e phatlalalitse hore khamphani e fumane ya bone e kgolo ka ho fetisisa Europe karolong e ka botjhabela ya Lapland, Finland. Morafo o Moholo wa Cobalt ke depositi e nang le boemo bo hodimo ka ho fetisisa ba cobalt dinaheng tsa EU.
Tšibollo ena e ncha e tiisitse boemo ba Scandinavia e le mohlahisi oa thepa e tala. Ho li-depositi tse 20 tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tsa cobalt Europe, tse 14 li fumaneha Finland, tse 5 li fumaneha Sweden, 'me e le' ngoe e fumaneha Spain. Finland ke mohlahisi e moholo ka ho fetisisa oa litšepe tsa betri le lik'hemik'hale Europe.
Cobalt ke thepa ea bohlokoa e tala bakeng sa ho etsa lifono tsa selefouno le lik'homphieutha, 'me e ka sebelisoa le ho etsa likhoele tsa katara. Tlhoko ea cobalt e ntse e eketseha ka sekhahla, haholo-holo libeteri tse sebelisoang likoloing tsa motlakase, tseo ka kakaretso li nang le lik'hilograma tse 36 tsa nickel, lik'hilograma tse 7 tsa lithium, le lik'hilograma tse 12 tsa cobalt. Ho ea ka lipalo-palo tse tsoang ho European Commission (EU Commission), nakong ea lilemo tse leshome tsa bobeli tsa lekholo la bo21 la lilemo, 'maraka oa libeteri oa Europe o tla ja lihlahisoa tsa libeteri tse ka bang li-euro tse limilione tse likete tse 250 (US$293 bilione). Bongata ba libeteri tsena hajoale li hlahisoa Asia. European Commission e khothalletsa lik'hamphani tsa Europe ho hlahisa libeteri, 'me ho na le merero e mengata e tsoelang pele ea tlhahiso ea libeteri. Ka ho tšoanang, European Union e boetse e khothalletsa tšebeliso ea thepa e tala e hlahisoang ka mokhoa o tsitsitseng, 'me Latitude 66 Cobalt Mining Company le eona e sebelisa leano lena la leano la European Union bakeng sa papatso.
“Re na le monyetla oa ho tsetela indastering ea merafo Afrika, empa seo ha se ntho eo re ikemiselitseng ho e etsa. Mohlala, ha ke nahane hore baetsi ba likoloi tse kholo ba tla khotsofala ke boemo ba hona joale,” ho boletse Russell Delroy, setho sa boto ea batsamaisi ba k'hamphani. Ho boletse polelong. (Global Jeology and Mineral Information Network)