India adding cobalt to it's critical minerals list is no real...

India adding cobalt to it's critical minerals list is no real surprise but it's interesting to see they also added fertilisers. COB entered into an agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation for market evaluation of elemental sulphur from the Broken Hill Cobalt Project back in 2019.

India releases list of 30 critical minerals crucial for ‘economic development, national security’

28 June, 2023 FULL ARTICLE LINK

"At an event held Wednesday, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi released the ‘Report of the Committee on Identification of Critical Minerals’, which comprises the list of thirty critical minerals, including antimony, beryllium, bismuth, cobalt, copper, gallium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, indium, lithium, molybdenum, niobium, nickel, phosphorous, potash, titanium, tungsten and rare earth elements."

"The third stage involved deriving an empirical formula for evaluating mineral criticality. Based on this three-stage assessment, the net import reliance and the resource/reserve position of the country, a total of 30 minerals were found to be most critical for India, Bhardwaj said. India has also included fertilisers in its list of critical minerals."