E ai ki tētahi pūrongo mai i te MINING SEE i te 30 o Poutū-te-rangi, 2021, i kī te kamupene keri Ahitereiria-Finnish, a Latitude 66 Cobalt, kua kitea e te kamupene te tuawhā o ngā mea nui rawa atu i Ūropi i te rawhiti o Lapland, Finland. Ko te Big Cobalt Mine te putunga me te taumata cobalt teitei rawa atu i ngā whenua o te EU.
Nā tēnei kitenga hou kua whakaū te tūranga o Scandinavia hei kaihanga rauemi mata. O ngā putunga cobalt nui rawa atu e 20 i Ūropi, 14 kei Finland, 5 kei Sweden, ā, 1 kei Spain. Ko Finland te kaihanga nui rawa atu o ngā konganuku pākahiko me ngā matū i Ūropi.
He rauemi mata nui te kobalt mō te hanga waea pūkoro me ngā rorohiko, ā, ka taea hoki te whakamahi hei hanga aho kitā. Kei te piki haere te hiahia mō te kobalt, inā koa ko ngā pākahiko e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā waka hiko, e 36 kirokaramu te nikara, 7 kirokaramu te riitiuma, me te 12 kirokaramu te kobalt kei roto. E ai ki ngā tatauranga mai i te Komihana Pākehā (EU Commission), i te tekau tau tuarua o te rautau 21, ka pau i te mākete pākahiko Pākehā te 250 piriona euros (US$293 piriona) te uara o ngā hua pākahiko. Ko te nuinga o ēnei pākahiko kei Āhia i tēnei wā. E akiaki ana te Komihana Pākehā i ngā kamupene Pākehā ki te hanga pākahiko, ā, he maha ngā kaupapa hanga pākahiko kei te haere tonu. Waihoki, e akiaki ana hoki te Kotahitanga o Europi i te whakamahinga o ngā rauemi mata i hangaia i roto i te huarahi pumau, ā, kei te whakamahi hoki te Kamupene Mining Latitude 66 Cobalt i tēnei kaupapa here rautaki a te Kotahitanga o Europi mō te hokohoko.
"Kei a mātou te whai wāhi ki te haumi ki te umanga keri i Āwherika, engari ehara tēnā i te mea e pai ana mātou ki te mahi. Hei tauira, ki taku whakaaro kāore ngā kaihanga waka nunui e makona ki te āhuatanga o nāianei," te kī a Russell Delroy, he mema o te poari whakahaere o te kamupene. I roto i tētahi kōrero. (Global Geology and Mineral Information Network)