Nk’uko raporo ya MINING SEE yo ku ya 30 Werurwe 2021 ibivuga, isosiyete icukura amabuye y’agaciro yo muri Ositaraliya na Finlande Latitude 66 Cobalt yatangaje ko iyi sosiyete yavumbuye ikigo cya kane mu bunini mu Burayi mu burasirazuba bwa Lapland, muri Finlande. Ikirombe kinini cya Cobalt ni cyo gifite urwego rwo hejuru rwa cobalt mu bihugu by’ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’ubumwe bw’u Burayi.
Ubu buvumbuzi bushya bwashimangiye umwanya wa Skandinaviya nk'umusaruro w'ibikoresho fatizo. Mu bisigazwa 20 bya kobalti binini mu Burayi, 14 biherereye muri Finlande, 5 biherereye muri Suwede, naho 1 iherereye muri Esipanye. Finlande ni yo ikora ibyuma n'imiti bya batiri byinshi mu Burayi.
Cobalt ni igikoresho cy'ingenzi mu gukora telefoni zigendanwa na mudasobwa, ndetse ishobora no gukoreshwa mu gukora imirya ya gitari. Ubukene bwa cobalt buri kwiyongera cyane, cyane cyane bateri zikoreshwa mu modoka zikoresha amashanyarazi, muri rusange zirimo ibiro 36 bya nikeli, ibiro 7 bya lithiyumu, na kilo 12 bya cobalt. Dukurikije imibare ya Komisiyo y'Uburayi (Komisiyo ya EU), mu myaka icumi ya kabiri y'ikinyejana cya 21, isoko ry'ibateri mu Burayi rizakoresha ibicuruzwa bya bateri bifite agaciro ka miliyari 250 z'amayero (miliyari 293 z'amadolari y'Amerika). Inyinshi muri izi bateri ubu zirakorerwa muri Aziya. Komisiyo y'Uburayi ishishikariza amasosiyete y'i Burayi gukora bateri, kandi hari imishinga myinshi ikomeje yo gukora bateri. Mu buryo nk'ubwo, Umuryango w'Ubumwe bw'u Burayi unashishikariza ikoreshwa ry'ibikoresho fatizo bikorerwa mu buryo burambye, kandi Ikigo cy'Ubucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro cya Latitude 66 Cobalt nacyo kirimo gukoresha iyi politiki y'Umuryango w'Ubumwe bw'u Burayi mu kwamamaza.
“Dufite amahirwe yo gushora imari mu nganda z’ubucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro muri Afurika, ariko ibyo si ibintu twiteguye gukora. Urugero, sintekereza ko inganda nini z’imodoka zizanyurwa n’uko ibintu bimeze ubu,” ibi ni ibyatangajwe na Russell Delroy, umwe mu bagize inama y’ubuyobozi y’iyi sosiyete. Mu itangazo yashyize ahagaragara. (Global Jeology and Mineral Information Network)