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Promoting the sustainable and responsible use of cobalt in all forms Circul ular ar Econo nomy y Perspecti pective ves for futur ure End-of

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Ms Carol-Lynne PETTIT REACH & Sustainability Manager

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balt has s many any key uses s in addition to rechargeable batteries, which can support circular economy aims

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versus sus Euro ropea pean – shows different pictures for use- volumes and value chains

• CRM (supply/demand and market access) – Cobalt
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inly ly produ duce ced as a by-pro roduc duct from Copper and Nickel production

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sible e barriers iers) to CE aims…?

• Through the new Cobalt LCA study and EU PEF Pilot project
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nvir ironmen ental al aspects ects are now better er understo derstood

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d char harac acterised terised

Collecting new information about the use-vo volumes, es, material flows, , and value chains s for cobalt in Europe

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sector in the EU and globally.

Chem emicals Batt tteri eries es GLOBAL OBAL EUROPE OPEAN AN

Curr rrent nt Refined ned Produc uction tion Sourc urces es (CI):

(Source: Roskill estimate)

Curr rrent nt Refined ned Produc uction tion Sourc urces es (CI - New):

(Source: CI estimate)

Nickel Industry ~ 36% Copper Industry & Other ~ 58% Primary Cobalt Operations ~ 6% Nickel 35% Cobalt 18% Copper 46% Other 1%

Cobalt balt Pro roductio duction n – mai ainly ly as as a a by-prod product uct

• International pressure from civil society
• Regulatory and policy pressures
• Artisanal mining is being poorly regulated
• LSM (large scale mining) responsible/sustainable

working practices

• CI strategy = develop CIRAF (Cobalt Industry Risk

Assessment Framework), working with RMI (Responsible Minerals Initiative), inter alia

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• United Nations Guiding Principles for Business

and Human Rights

• OECD Guidelines for Responsible Sourcing
• Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI)
• Equator Principles
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
• ICMM Principles
• CDI Principles

Five Cobalt Salts

 ECHA is de

deve veloping ping a R REACH CH Restr tricti ction proposal al – scope tbd… Cobalt Metal al

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s proposed ed very y conserv ervati ative ve harmonise nised classifi ssificati cation

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 For example, Carc 1B by all routes with very low SCL (0.01%) –

poses serious implications for metals industry (uses and recycling)

 NL also review

iewin ing g cobalt with h tungste gsten n in hard metal expo posure Tricobal alt t Tetr traoxi aoxide de

 NL has proposed Co3O4

O4 (with th NiO impurity ty) ) as S SVHC C for R REACH CH Candidate ate List (potentia ial l futur ure Authori horisati ation

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Need for a m more e holisti istic c approach

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ty in Regulatio tion

CI has completed first industry-led Life Cycle le Assessmen ent (LCA) ‘cradle to gate’ study for global al refined ined cobalt lt produc uction ion:

• better characterise the environmental effects (benefits)
• provide new life cycle inventory (LCI) data to replace existing

(uncertain) data

• to support other LCA studies of cobalt-containing products.

CI is participating to Produc duct Environme ironmental al Footprint int (PEF) programme - Rechargeable Batteries pilot project

• PEF provides new approaches/tools to benchmark the

environmental performance of products/services

Involves taking a Life Cycle Approach ch, and applying the appropriate tools, to illustrate the Role of C Cobalt in the Circula lar r Economy my

Source Eurometaux

COBALT PRODUCERS:

Sustainability Reporting (GRI, etc.),

Cobalt LCI-LCA Study SUPPLY CHAINS:

Product Specifications, Eco-Design

Responsible Sourcing END-USE SECTORS:

Product sustainability profiles,

Product Environmental Footprint SECONDARY COBALT:

Collection Logistics, Recovery Technology

Data needs for EOL !

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Contact Details:

David Weight t – Presi siden dent Carol-Lyn Lynne e Pettit tit – REACH H & Susta tainabi bility ty Manager er Brigitte tte Amoruso uso – Advoc

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cy & PR Cobalt Institute, 18 Jeffries Passage, Guildford, GU1 4AP, UK Tel: +44 1483 578877 cpettit@cobaltinstitute.org www.cobaltinstitute.org