Cobalt production in China in 2024 — 1,750 t. Ranked 10 in the world out of 13. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 78.6%.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,750 | +0 | +0% |
| 2023 | 1,750 | +0 | +0% |
| 2022 | 1,750 | −450 | −20.45% |
| 2021 | 2,200 | +0 | +0% |
| 2020 | 2,200 | −300 | −12% |
| 2019 | 2,500 | +500 | +25% |
| 2018 | 2,000 | −500 | −20% |
| 2017 | 2,500 | +200 | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 2,300 | −300 | −11.54% |
| 2015 | 2,600 | −200 | −7.14% |
| 2014 | 2,800 | +200 | +7.69% |
| 2013 | 2,600 | +400 | +18.18% |
| 2012 | 2,200 | +700 | +46.67% |
| 2011 | 1,500 | +0 | +0% |
| 2010 | 1,500 | −340 | −18.48% |
| 2009 | 1,840 | +0 | +0% |
| 2008 | 1,840 | +0 | +0% |
| 2007 | 1,840 | +0 | +0% |
| 2006 | 1,840 | −260 | −12.38% |
| 2005 | 2,100 | +840 | +66.67% |
| 2004 | 1,260 | +560 | +80% |
| 2003 | 700 | −300 | −30% |
| 2002 | 1,000 | +850 | +566.67% |
| 2001 | 150 | +60 | +66.67% |
| 2000 | 90 | −160 | −64% |
| 1999 | 250 | +210 | +525% |
| 1998 | 40 | −160 | −80% |
| 1997 | 200 | +10 | +5.26% |
| 1996 | 190 | −790 | −80.61% |
| 1995 | 980 | — | — |
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).
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