To craft Cobalt Paste, you're going to need a Small Chemical Refinery, a good amount of water in storage and, of course, the Erythrite Crystals.

Cobalt is a metal that produces a blue pigment. It's essential for making many of the batteries powering phones, computers, and electric vehicles, but mining it is linked to human rights abuses.

America's only cobalt mine opened last year to great fanfare, since the mineral is crucial for green energy. But it surprisingly closed months later.

“About 80% of the world’s cobalt is in the Congo and 20% of that comes from these informal artisanal mines,” Michael Posner, director of NYU’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights ...

Cobalt mining is one of the world's most dangerous jobs. And it's also one of the most essential: cobalt is what powers the batteries in your smartphone, your laptop, the electric car you felt ...

Although cobalt-free batteries are not considered by automakers to be ready for wide use in EVs, Tesla Inc. and other EV manufacturers do plan to wean off the metal over time.

Price forecasts a cobalt market surplus of 5,570 tonnes in 2023 and 4,315 tonnes in 2024. He expects prices to average $54,840 a tonne this year and $50,320 in 2024, compared with $63,739 last year.