Malinga ndi lipoti la MINING SEE la pa 30 Marichi, 2021, kampani ya migodi ya ku Australia ndi Finland ya Latitude 66 Cobalt yalengeza kuti kampaniyo yapeza kampani yachinayi yayikulu kwambiri ku Europe kum'mawa kwa Lapland, Finland. Mgodi wa Big Cobalt ndiye malo omwe ali ndi cobalt yapamwamba kwambiri m'maiko a EU.
Kupeza kumeneku kwalimbitsa udindo wa Scandinavia monga wopanga zinthu zopangira. Mwa ma cobalt 20 akuluakulu ku Europe, 14 ali ku Finland, 5 ali ku Sweden, ndipo 1 ali ku Spain. Finland ndiye wopanga zitsulo ndi mankhwala ambiri ku Europe.
Cobalt ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri popanga mafoni ndi makompyuta, ndipo ingagwiritsidwenso ntchito popanga zingwe za gitala. Kufunika kwa cobalt kukukulirakulira kwambiri, makamaka mabatire omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'magalimoto amagetsi, omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi ma kilogalamu 36 a nickel, ma kilogalamu 7 a lithiamu, ndi ma kilogalamu 12 a cobalt. Malinga ndi ziwerengero kuchokera ku European Commission (EU Commission), m'zaka khumi zachiwiri za m'ma 2000, msika wa mabatire aku Europe udzagwiritsa ntchito zinthu za mabatire zokwana ma euro pafupifupi 250 biliyoni (US$293 biliyoni). Mabatire ambiri awa pakadali pano amapangidwa ku Asia. European Commission imalimbikitsa makampani aku Europe kupanga mabatire, ndipo pali mapulojekiti ambiri opanga mabatire omwe akupitilira. Mofananamo, European Union imalimbikitsanso kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zopangira zopangidwa mwanjira yokhazikika, ndipo Latitude 66 Cobalt Mining Company ikugwiritsanso ntchito mfundo iyi ya European Union pakutsatsa.
"Tili ndi mwayi woyika ndalama mumakampani opanga migodi ku Africa, koma si chinthu chomwe tikufuna kuchita. Mwachitsanzo, sindikuganiza kuti opanga magalimoto akuluakulu adzakhutira ndi momwe zinthu zilili pano," adatero Russell Delroy, membala wa bungwe lowongolera kampaniyo. Anatero m'mawu ake. (Global Geology and Mineral Information Network)