About three-fourths of the world's cobalt, a metal required for the manufacture of batteries for ele

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About three-fourths of the world's cobalt, a metal required for the manufacture of batteries for electric motor vehicles, is produced by

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Cobalt has emerged as a vital ingredient of the shift to a lower-carbon energy system, but reserves of the metal are concentrated heavily in just a single country. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to half of the world’s known resources and currently accounts for around 70% of global production. Hence option (c) is the correct answer.The metal’s use in electronic goods – particularly the rechargeable batteries used in electric vehicles and other forms of energy storage – means interest in it is growing as the electrification of the global energy system continues to gather pace.