CDX Supports Cobalt and Mica

Protect your supply chain from conflict sourcing, human rights violations, and rising regulatory pressure with end-to-end responsible minerals declaration.

Most companies relying on cobalt and mica are still managing compliance reactively instead of building transparency into the supply chain. Global demand for both minerals is rising fast — cobalt powering lithium-ion batteries for EVs and electronics, mica enabling everything from electrical insulation to cosmetics — yet both carry serious risks of being sourced from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.
In the white paper "CDX Supports Cobalt and Mica," DXC Technology explores why these risks matter now and how CDX's Responsible Minerals Declaration (RMD) helps organizations understand and reduce the impact of their supply chains on human rights, labor standards, and environmental harm, including child labour in artisanal mining.

What you'll explore

The properties, uses, and global production landscape of cobalt and mica
The evolving regulatory framework the US and EU have built since 2021 — from the Dodd-Frank Act and EU Conflict Minerals Regulation to the EU Battery Regulation and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
How CDX supports the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) through the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) and Extended Minerals Reporting Template (EMRT) — now covering cobalt, mica, lithium, nickel, natural graphite, and copper
Why due diligence has shifted from voluntary best practice to legal obligation, and what that means for companies sourcing across complex global supply chains

Move beyond fragmented, manual compliance with a scalable approach to responsible sourcing.