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The Democratic Republic of Congo's four-month suspension of cobalt exports has led to an 84% surge in cobalt hydroxide prices. The export ban has caused uncertainty in the global cobalt market ...

Prices for cobalt hydroxide — the main product exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo — have jumped 84% since the country imposed a four-month suspension on shipments in February to ...

A ban on exports, however, is only a temporary panacea. It will likely lead to an accumulation of stocks of cobalt hydroxide intermediate products in the Congo. In 2022-2023 the Congo government ...

Cobalt hydroxide, the main form of the metal produced in Congo, has slid below $6 a pound. “The DRC has played its trump card,” BMO Capital Markets analyst George Heppel said in an emailed note.

Prices for cobalt hydroxide — the main product exported from the Democratic Republic of Congo — have jumped 84% since the country imposed a four-month suspension on shipments in February to rein in a ...

ERG is the third-largest cobalt producer in the DRC, and last year its Metalkol project produced 19,200 tonnes of cobalt hydroxide, accounting for about 9% of the country’s total output and 7% of ...

Cobalt hydroxide, the main form of the metal produced in Congo, has slid below $6 a pound. The ban could be a blessing for Indonesia, the second-biggest cobalt producer that’s seeing a growing ...