In 2019, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry introducedthe ancient cobalt elements to the world once again. The lithium batteries madeof cobalt metal mainly, have become a key element of the information world.

In October 2019, on the 70th anniversaryof the People\'s Republic of China, the world\'s first cobalt industrialmuseum was officially opened,.It carries the meaning and significance of using strategic metal cobalt for humancivilization. As another major industrial museum of GEM following the five“City Mines” museums, it also shows the world strategic significance of metalcobalt for industrial development.

The outer wall of the GEM\'s Cobaltindustrial museum adopts an ochre red color similar to Co2+, which engravedwith cobalt in 168 fonts in the world. The museum building adopts the design ofenvironmental protection and energy saving, and also has received the world\'smost influential LEED Gold Certification and China Green BuildingCertification.

Pic 1 The World\'s First Cobalt Industrial Museum

The museum demonstrates in thematic topicsand popular science exhibitions respectively that “What Would The World Be LikeWithout Cobalt?”, “Cobalt, Strategic Metal, Industrial Condiments, IndustrialTeeth, Blood Of New Energy”, “The Future Is Driven By Me ”, “History OfCobalt”, “Cobalt Mining Experience Area”, “Value Sublimation Of Cobalt”,“Cobalt Recycling Industry”, which illustrates the key applications of cobaltmaterials in emerging fields, including industry 4.0 high-level manufacturing,and the development of new energy materials. It shows the distribution,extraction and processing of cobalt resources, and sounds an warning regardingthe scarcity of China\'s cobalt resources and the practical significance ofGEM\'s exploiting of cobalt resources in urban mines.The museum take full advantageof modern technology display methods and exhibition methods, combined with theadvanced concepts of industrial museums to create a cobalt industrial museumwith innovative ideas, interactive experiences and theme scenes.

“What Would The World Be Like WithoutCobalt?” area adopt the HD LED screen to play the museum’s theme film, whichvividly demonstrates the practical significance and profound influence ofcobalt on the development of industry. The periodic table at the bottom of thescreen highlights the unique status of cobalt and its broad popular scientificsignificance.

Pic 2 What Would The World Be Like Without Cobalt?

“Cobalt, Strategic Metal, IndustrialCondiments, Industrial Teeth, Blood of New Energy” theme exhibition area usesthree vivid metaphors and industrial products in the corresponding fields, tovisually show the main application fields of cobalt, and to explain the keyroles of cobalt in “empowering the world”, “making human beings tough” and “making the world informationalized and electrified”. Cobalt,as a kind of strategic elements, has wide applications, such as ceramiccoloring, petroleum catalysis, semiconductors, aircraft engines, armor-piercingbullets, medical imaging, and as an ingredientin Vitamin B12. Cobalt is everywhere, and the world is inseparable from cobalt!Cobalt is an irreplaceable component of cemented carbide. Diamond drill bitsdig into the crust of the Earth to exploit oil. Super-hard shield machines penetratemountains, rivers and oceans to build tunnels, changing human traffic patternsfor the better. CNC tools cut iron like mud and can be used for nano-scaleprocesses, giving Industry 4.0 infinite potentials. With cobalt to be the core “cell”,LCO batteries, NCM and NCA ternary power batteries allow humans to enter theera of intelligent communication, and keep the new energy industry stand on thetop of the tuyere of the times.

Pic 3 Cobalt, Strategic Metal, IndustrialCondiments, Industrial Teeth, Blood Of New Energy

The “The Future Is Driven By Me” exhibitionarea uses the form of “new energy vehicle solid profile + LED display” tovisually show the internal structure of batteries, motors and electroniccontrols of new energy vehicles, and simulate the ion migration process throughinformation technology while charging and discharging the battery of new energyvehicles, which provides a visual demonstration of the working principle of thenew energy vehicle and the important role of cobalt in improving the power ofthe new energy vehicle.

Pic 4 "The future is driven byme"

Global cobalt reserves are only 6.9 milliontons. The world will have no cobalt available after 30 years. China\'s cobaltreserves account for only 1.16% of the world\'s total, but China’s usageaccounts for more than 50% of the world\'s total. GEM, the world’s leadingenterprise in circular economy that “Turn Rubbish into Resources, Transform Wasteinto Wealth”, is the first to exploit cobalt resources from urban mines,recycling more than 5,000 tons of cobalt resources annually. This supports thestrategic demand for China\'s cobalt resources, and promotes the recycling ofChina\'s cobalt resources!

Pic 5 Cobalt, A Scarce Resources, Focused On Africa,Controlled By European Giants

The “History of Cobalt” exhibition areamainly displays the discovery history of cobalt, the world cobalt industry history,China\'s cobalt industry history, the world\'s top ten cobalt events, and themagnificent price fluctuation history image of cobalt in the past century. Italso shows the current cobalt price in financial market lively. This exhibitionarea shows the development history of metal cobalt from discovery to wideapplication, carrying the glorious history of metal cobalt for nearly threehundred years.

Pic 6 History of Cobalt

The cobalt mining experience zone usesadvanced virtual reality (VR) technology to give the interactiveexperience-based presentations, which create an immersive experience to allowvisitors deeply understand of manual mining and large mechanized mining ofcobalt mines, and also have a comprehensive understanding of GEM\'s "UrbanMines" concept.

Pic 7 Cobalt mining experience zone

"Sublimation of Cobalt value” themeexhibition area adopts the "sand table simulation + HD video" form. Visuallydemonstrate the process of cobalt production, processing and high-value productmanufacturing, showing the process of recycling and value sublimation of Cobaltin GEM, as well as solving the shortage of cobalt resources through cobaltrecycling, and keep the advance position in China\'s cobalt resources industry.

Pic 8 " sublimation of Cobalt value "theme exhibition area

The "Cobalt (Co)" theme sculptureis located outside the museum, the sculpture height is 4.48 meters and thewidth is 4.16 meters. The main body of the sculpture is three "Co",which represent Cobalt, Cooperation and Co-win, passing the concept of “takingcobalt as the medium, holding the world and achieving a win-win situation”. Thecenter of the sculpture is the earth, and the three spheres at the bottomrepresent cobalt, nickel, manganese/aluminum, and the three elements are linked,become the core ternary material for the development of the world\'s new energyautomotive industry: Cobalt nickel manganese/cobalt nickel aluminum. Thesculpture takes "three" as the core figure, meaning that the thoughtof "three produce all things" is taken from the Tao Te Ching. Itreflects the industrial concept of GEM\'s “limited resources, unlimitedrecycling”, and business ethics of “Dao follows the Nature way”.

Pic 9 "Cobalt" theme sculpture

GEM Cobalt Industry Museum is located in GEM(Jiangsu) Cobalt Co., Ltd. The company is committed to the development andproduction of high-end cobalt products. The products include metal cobalttablets, cobalt trioxide, lithium cobalt oxide, etc.. The company is atendering company of the National Strategic Materials Reserve Bureau and amanufacturer of the London Metal Exchange (LME) futures contract. The parentcompany, GEM, is the first listed company in China to mine urban mines, wasterecycling and renewable resources.

In order to show the strategic position ofcobalt resources to the world, advocate the concept of cobalt resourcerecycling development, and build a world class cobalt-themed industrial museum.Professor Xu Kaihua, chairman of the GEM, cooperate with domestic outstandingyoung designers Luo Yidao and Zhou Fang, repeatedly discussed and revised theconstruction plan of the Cobalt Industry Museum. After a year of design andconstruction, the world’s first cobalt industry museum was launched in October2019.

The China Nonferrous Metals IndustryScience and Technology Research Center issued a new report: no other units andliterature reports on the same cobalt industry theme museum as this project.

After the opening of GEM Cobalt IndustryMuseum, the museum will continue to explore the connotation of the cobaltindustry, enrich the content displayed in the museum, and enrich and improvethe exhibition in the museum. Use technology to enrich the exhibition form andplay a role in collecting, researching and displaying the cobalt industryculture. At the same time, open educational activities to the world, such asthe international cobalt industry academic conference, circular economy themeeducation, primary and secondary school education practice, etc., to create aglobal leading industrial tourism base, play a popular science and spread thecobalt industry culture, provide social public service.