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Idaho Cobalt Operations

Idaho Cobalt Operations (ICO) is a cobalt mine located in Lemhi County, Idaho in the United States near the town of Salmon. The mine has reserves amounting to 3.8 million tonnes of ore grading 0.5% cobalt. The mine will also produce copper and gold. The project is located directly adjacent to the inactive Blackbird mine.

Background
Manufacture of electric cars drives increased demand for cobalt in the United States. This has prompted the federal government to prioritise extraction of domestic cobalt reserves (as well as lithium and other critical minerals). Most cobalt on the global market comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is controlled by China. Mining in the DRC is also notorious for human rights violations. == References ==
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