The new Sconi nickel and cobalt mine is set to place Mt Isa at the centre of Australia’s COVID-19 economic recovery amidst a global transition to clean energy. The mine is expected to produce over two hundred thousand tons of cobalt sulphate, a key component in electric vehicles, during its initial thirty year lifespan. With the world’s second largest reserves of the valuable trace element, Australia’s cobalt mining industry is set to more than double by 2030.