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ГОДИШНИК НА МИННО-ГЕОЛОЖКИЯ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ “СВ. ИВАН РИЛСКИ”, Том 57, Св. II, Добив и преработка на минерални суровини, 2014 ANNUAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY “ST. IVAN RILSKI”, Vol. 57, Part ?I, Mining and Mineral processing, 2014 Cobalt and Transition to a Sustainable Energy Future Marinela Panayotova, Vladko Panayotov University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”, 1700 Sofia, marichim@mgu.bg ABSTRACT. Recently cobalt is classified as one of the critical supply bottlenecks materials for the world transition to sustainable energy future. The paper presents the use, current and future demand of cobalt, resources, reserves, production ways, as well as possibilities for its recycling and substitution. Кобалтът и преходът към устойчиво енергийно бъдеще Маринела Панайотова, Владко Панайотов Минно-геоложки университет Св. Иван Рилски, 1700 София, marichim@mgu.bg Резюме. Напоследък кобалтът се класифицира като един от най-критичните материали за прехода на човечеството към устойчиво енергийно бъдеще. Статията представя използването, актуалното и бъдещото търсене на кобалт, ресурсите, резервите, производствените пътища, както и възможностите за неговото рециклиране и заместване. Introduction The Report of the Ad-hoc Working Group of the Raw Materials Supply Group at DG “Enterprise and Industry”, European Commission, on defining critical raw materials pointed cobalt as one of the 14 materials which are critical for the EU economy (Critical raw materials for the EU, 2010). In this report a raw material is determined as “critical” when it is highly risky with respect of its supply and at the same time it is of high economic importance. The report of the United Nations Environment Programme – “Critical Metals for Future Sustainable Technologies and their Recycling Potential” (Buchert, 2009) identified critical metals for future sustainable technologies, such as renewable energy production and energy efficiency technologies, based on demand growth, supp