Cobalt production in ASEAN in 2024 — 4,123 t.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: ASEAN
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,123 | −350 | −7.83% |
| 2023 | 4,474 | −177 | −3.81% |
| 2022 | 4,651 | +321 | +7.42% |
| 2021 | 4,330 | −593 | −12.04% |
| 2020 | 4,923 | −177 | −3.48% |
| 2019 | 5,100 | +350 | +7.37% |
| 2018 | 4,750 | +150 | +3.26% |
| 2017 | 4,600 | +600 | +15% |
| 2016 | 4,000 | −300 | −6.98% |
| 2015 | 4,300 | −300 | −6.52% |
| 2014 | 4,600 | +1,800 | +64.29% |
| 2013 | 2,800 | +100 | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 2,700 | +700 | +35% |
| 2011 | 2,000 | −100 | −4.76% |
| 2010 | 2,100 | +700 | +50% |
| 2009 | 1,400 | +200 | +16.67% |
| 2008 | 1,200 | +200 | +20% |
| 2007 | 1,000 | +100 | +11.11% |
| 2006 | 900 | +600 | +200% |
| 2005 | 300 | +200 | +200% |
| 2004 | 100 | +0 | +0% |
| 2003 | 100 | +100 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1996 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | — | — |
Cobalt production measured as contained metal, from U.S. Geological Survey data. Cobalt is needed for the cathodes of lithium-ion batteries, and its production is concentrated more tightly than that of any other important metal: more than two-thirds of the world total comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is because of that concentration that battery makers have spent recent years looking for chemistries with a smaller share of cobalt, or none at all.
Important: Cobalt is almost always mined as a by-product — together with copper or nickel — so its volume depends on the market for the main metal and not only on demand for cobalt itself.
Source: Mineral Commodity Summaries (USGS), license Public domain (work of a U.S. federal agency).