Mark LaPedus is Executive Editor for manufacturing at Semiconductor Engineering. He has covered the semiconductor industry since 1986, including five years in Asia where he was based in Taiwan. He has held senior editorial positions at Electronic News, EBN and Silicon Strategies. In Asia, he was a contributing writer for Byte Magazine. Most recently, he worked as the correspondent on semiconductors for EE Times.
The rapid growth in electric vehicles is creating an enormous demand for cobalt, causing high prices and supply chain issues for this critical material.
Cobalt is a ferromagnetic metal and one of t...