Global demand for cobalt, a component in batteries used to power electric cars for automakers from Tesla to Volkswagen, is changing the importance of the metal. Pictured above is a town sign is displayed in downtown Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. The town, and the metal after which it is named, are attracting renewed attention as a buffer to rising political risks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bloomberg reports.
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