CM-PATRACritical Minerals Patent and Technology Research Analytics

CM-PATRA / Cobalt

Cobalt

8 patent families, 5 with an Indian applicant, and 3 funded project(s) in the Ministry of Mines S&T list. On the India critical-minerals list. Counts are lower bounds.

Stages

  • Recycling / secondary sources: 6
  • Hydrometallurgy (leaching, solvent extraction): 3
  • Ore preparation / agglomeration: 3
  • Beneficiation / separation: 1
  • Compounds and materials: 1

Most active applicants

  • Attero Recycling: 2
  • Vale Sa: 1
  • Wuhan Kaidi Eng Tech Res Inst: 1
  • Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group Co Ltd: 1
  • Shastry Ravi: 1
  • Metastable Materials: 1
  • IIT Kanpur: 1
  • Manoharan S Sundar: 1

Funded projects

  • Preparation of 99 percent pure nickel-cobalt alloy and Ferronickel 66Fe 31Ni from waste batteries and recovery of Rare Earth Elements in the form of oxides · SNTMOM/1162/2024 · Approved with Modification
  • End to End Technology Development and Scale-up (TRL-7) for Cobalt Recovery, Cobalt alloy and components for Bio-Medical Applications · SNTMOM/545/2021 · Approved without Modification
  • Development of rapid analytical procedures for Nickel, Chromium and Cobalt · JNARDDC/S-10 · Completed

Patent families