Cobalt Rush: The Future of Going Green - Films for Action Friday 17 July doors open at 6.30 pm for 7.0pm
Fri 17 Jul
|St Paul's West Hackney
The story of how cobalt has become a highly strategic mineral, used in electric vehicles. A remarkable investigation into the hidden side of its extraction.


Time & Location
17 Jul 2026, 19:00 – 21:30
St Paul's West Hackney, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, London N16 7UY, UK
About the event
Cobalt has become a highly strategic mineral, used in electric vehicles. A remarkable investigation into the hidden side of its extraction.
Cobalt is indispensable to the car industry for making electric vehicles. The film investigates the hidden side of its extraction from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Scandinavia.
Panel announced :
Alec Popper, Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability Officer, Cobalt Inst. https://www.cobaltinstitute.org
Juan Pablo Mardones, a PhD researcher at the University of Exeter who is based at British Geological Survey https://www.bgs.ac.uk/



