Cobalt production in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 2,800 t. Ranked 7 in the world out of 13.
1995–2024 · tonnes
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea
| Year | t | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,800 | −270 | −8.79% |
| 2023 | 3,070 | +80 | +2.68% |
| 2022 | 2,990 | +37 | +1.25% |
| 2021 | 2,953 | +13 | +0.44% |
| 2020 | 2,940 | +30 | +1.03% |
| 2019 | 2,910 | −370 | −11.28% |
| 2018 | 3,280 | −30 | −0.91% |
| 2017 | 3,310 | +1,120 | +51.14% |
| 2016 | 2,190 | −315 | −12.57% |
| 2015 | 2,505 | +371 | +17.39% |
| 2014 | 2,134 | +1,121 | +110.66% |
| 2013 | 1,013 | +544 | +115.99% |
| 2012 | 469 | +469 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1996 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Papua New Guinea
2,800
New Caledonia
1,770
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).