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Which Country Produces the Most Metal Cobalt?

Cobalt (Metal) Production (tonnes), 2015 or latest

Metals & Mining | February 22, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 17 countries in 2015, China ranked the highest in cobalt (metal) production with 48,719 tonnes followed by Finland and Belgium. On the other end of the scale was France with 133 tonnes, India with 150 tonnes and Uganda with 291 tonnes.

Data for more countries are available at Cobalt (Metal) Production indicator page.

Cobalt (Metal) Production	Unit	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Australia	tonnes	...	...													4,050	4,117	4,722	4,769	4,981
Belgium	tonnes															2,150	2,600	3,187	4,200	5,415
Brazil	tonnes															1,012	1,369	1,614	1,750	1,871
Canada	tonnes															4,918	4,711	6,038	5,994	5,602
China	tonnes															25,544	35,929	34,969	29,784	36,062
Dem. Republic of the Congo	tonnes															2,950	4,182	3,083	2,999	3,000
Finland	tonnes															8,970	9,429	10,627	10,562	10,798
Japan	tonnes															1,332	1,935	2,007	2,542	2,747
Madagascar	tonnes	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	493	2,083
Morocco	tonnes															1,600	1,582	1,518	1,314	1,353
Norway	tonnes															3,510	3,208	3,067	2,969	3,348
Russia	tonnes															2,352	2,460	2,337	2,186	2,368
South Africa	tonnes															238	840	862	1,102	1,294
Uganda	tonnes															673	624	661	556	291	...	...
Zambia	tonnes															1,535	5,134	5,956	5,665	5,000