Production · kt · 1998–2023 · USGS
Cobalt mine production, in thousand tonnes — annual, 1998-2023.
USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries / Minerals Yearbook (World Mine Production by Country) — replaces an earlier source (OWID/Energy Institute) that omitted Indonesia, the United States and Brazil.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (175 kt) alone produces nearly ten times as much as Indonesia (19 kt), the second producer — a geological concentration with no equivalent among the strategic metals covered by Atlas, making Congo a pivotal player in the electric-vehicle battery supply chain, often tied to artisanal mining conditions criticised by human rights organisations.