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Cobalt prices reached record lows due to an oversupply, primarily stemming from a stockpile created during a lengthy ownership dispute in the DRC. The demand for cobalt has decreased with falling EV ...

The ban was initially designed to stabilise the market and stem falling prices due to global oversupply, according to the ...

Cobalt market watchers are warning that a near-term resurgence in prices and demand may not occur. Cobalt prices have spent most of 2024 on the decline, falling to lows not seen since 2016. Values for ...

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency still intends to purchase cobalt for the National Defense Stockpile but is reassessing its strategy and has no target date for reissuing the tender, a DLA ...

Cobalt prices remained elevated through the second quarter of 2025 after making a dramatic price surge early in the year. The market tailwinds were largely attributed to the Democratic Republic of ...

Cobalt spot prices were flat for the month. LME inventory was flat for the month. China plans to boost state cobalt reserves after prices drop. Cobalt market news - BMI and Morgan Stanley forecast ...

Cobalt prices are surging after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the world’s largest producer, extended its export ban by three months in a bid to address global oversupply and stabilize ...

Cobalt is used in a wide variety of industrial applications, with lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems as the largest demand segment. As an important battery ...

The Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) is investing $800 million in the DRC's Comide copper and cobalt mine to tap into green-energy minerals demand. The DRC supports a new copper-cobalt plant initiative ...

Chinese state-owned miner MMG has mothballed production at its cobalt processing plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo just 15 months after starting the operation. What Happened: According to ...