Olen / Marquette / Casablanca / Lubumbashi / Toronto / Roodepoort / Guildford / Rio de Janeiro / Abbotsford / Laurinburg / Guangzhou / Kinshasa / Washington / DC / Timmins / Townsville / Paris / Tokyo / Towanda / Vancouver / Sandouville / Subic / Sandton / Shanghai / Johannesburg / Antananarivo / Perth / Roseville / Thompson / Cheonan / London / /
Company
Geovic Ltd. / Kamoto / Ganzhou Yi Hao Industries / Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corp. / Phelps Dodge Exploration Corp. / Fox Resources Ltd. / Sudbury Joint Venture / Central African Mining & Exploration Company plc / FNX Mining Co. Inc. / Glencore International AG / General Nickel Co. S.A. / Balloch Resources Ltd. / Le Nickel SLN / Dynatec Corp. / Baja Mining Corp. / Kennecott Exploration Co. / Guangzhou Hongsheng Metallurgical / Tati Nickel Mining Co. / J&W Holding AG / Sojitz Corp. / Pacific Ore Technology (Australia) Ltd. / Reuters Ltd. / Gécamines / BCL Ltd. / First Quantum Minerals Ltd. / Equinox Resources Ltd. / Metorex Ltd. / Kababankola Mining Co. S.P.R.L. / Nicomet Industries Ltd. / Zinifex Ltd. / European Nickel PLC / Anglo American plc / United States Mineral Resources / Luanshya Copper Mines Plc / Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. / BHP Billiton Ltd. / Inco Ltd. / African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. / Voisey’s Bay Nickel Co. / Tenke Mining Corp. / Formation Capital Corp. / Falconbridge Ltd. / Mopani Copper Mines Plc / Kokkola Chemicals Oy / Moa Nickel S.A. / WMC Resources Ltd. / Enterprises Swanepoel SARL / Chambishi Metals plc / Electrometals Technologies Ltd. / Terril de Lubumbashi / Jinchuan Co. / Adastra Minerals Inc. / China Metallurgical Construction Group Corp. / Sally Malay Mining Ltd. / Rubicon Minerals Corp. / BRGM’s / Conic Metals Ltd. / Sherritt International Corp. / Cited Adastra Minerals Inc. / Rustenburg Base Metal Refiners Pty. Ltd. / Chemical Co. / Mitsui & Co. Ltd. / MFC Bancorp Ltd. / Bulong Operations Pty. Ltd. / Kinross Forrest Ltd. / Sherlock Bay Nickel Corp. Ltd. / Vedanta Resources plc / Titan Resources Ltd. / Roskill Information Services Ltd. / Industrial Copper Systems Ltd. / Interfax International Ltd. / Anglovaal Mining Ltd. / America Mineral Fields Inc. / Bulong Nickel Pty. Ltd. / Congo Stars Mining Co. / Fortune Minerals Ltd. / Mining Communications Ltd. / PolyMet Mining Corp. / Osram Sylvania Inc. / Africo Resources Ltd. / Kilembe Mines Ltd. / The Agency for Toxic Substances / Casmin SPRL / OM Group Inc. / Uganda Gold Mining Ltd. / Blue Earth Refineries Inc. / Ganzhou Cobalt & Tungsten Co. Ltd. / QNI Pty. Ltd. / Rio Narcea Gold Mines Ltd. / Minara Resources Ltd. / Eramet Group / Kasese Cobalt Co. / Stillwater Mining Co. / Companhia Vale do Rio Doce / Bankside Consultants Ltd. / FNX Mining Co. / LionOre Mining International Ltd. / ZCCM Investments Holdings plc / S.A. Groupe George Forrest / Impala Platinum Ltd. / Metal Bulletin / PT Antam Tbk / Highlands Pacific Ltd. / Rubamin Ltd. / Umicore South Africa Pty. / Southbank / Jinchuan Group Ltd. / Mining Journal Ltd. / Coral Bay Nickel Corp. / Geovic Cameroon S.A. / Costamin Resources / Tremalt Ltd. / Zambia Copper Investments Ltd. / Kennecott Minerals Co. / Konkola Copper Mines plc / Société / Sentinelle Global Investments (Proprietary) Ltd. / /
Continent
Africa / /
Country
Norway / Brazil / United Kingdom / China / British Virgin Islands / Finland / Mexico / Congo / Madagascar / Morocco / Papua New Guinea / Spain / Netherlands / South Africa / Cuba / France / Japan / Uganda / Canada / Australia / Botswana / Philippines / New Caledonia / India / Cameroon / Taiwan / Germany / Zambia / Sweden / Poland / Zimbabwe / Indonesia / Belgium / Turkey / Russia / Austria / United States / Democratic Republic of Congo / South Korea / Ireland / /
Currency
USD / GBP / pence / /
Event
Business Partnership / Company Expansion / M&A / /
Facility
Montcalm Mine / Cliffs-Erie mill / Metorex’s Chibuluma West Mine / Cawse plant / Cobalt Development Institute / Century Mine / WMC’s Kalgoorlie smelter / EW refinery / OMG’s Kokkola refinery / Fort Saskatchewan refinery / Sudbury smelter / Big Hill smelter / Mechel OAO’s Yuzhuralnickel refinery / Le Nickel SLN’s Doniambo smelter / Eramet’s refinery / Nikkelverk refinery / Phoenix Mine / Coral Bay Nickel Corp. plant / Umicore’s plant / OMG’s Kokkola Chemicals Oy refinery / Duluth Complex / Budel smelter / Yabulu refinery / Process plant / Niihama refinery / Gécamines’ Shituru refinery / Raglan Mine / Port Colborne / LionOre’s Emily Ann Mine / Stillwater Complex / Luiswishi Mine / Chemaf S.P.R.L. plant / COSAC smelter / Port of Toamasina / QNI’s Yabulu refinery / Fort Saskatchewan / /
IndustryTerm
nickel metal powder / cobalt products / portable electronic devices / cobalt metal / acid leaching-solvent extraction processing facility / nickelcobalt processing project / nickel metal / platinum-group metal mines / hardmetal manufacturing industry / metal production / media releases / chemicals / magnetic recording media / gas turbine engines / acid leaching technology / copper metal / cobalt metal powders / Internet References / mine site / cobalt metal powder / mixed nickel-cobalt sulfide intermediate product / intermediate mixed sulfide product / cobalt specialty products / wrought metal / copper-cobalt processing plant / cell technology / metal / cobalt product / metal powders / cobalt chemicals / copper products / cobalt processor / metal powder production / metal-consuming / metal powder / aerospace and land-based gas turbine industries / diamond tools / intermediate products / cobalt processors / mining / gas-to-liquid production / /
NaturalFeature
Big Hill / Baja California Peninsula / Kola Peninsula / Taimyr Peninsula / Radio Hill / Palawan Island / Ural Mountains / Moa Bay / mountain Keith / mountain Yakabindie / /
Organization
Defense Logistics Agency / U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / French Government’s Bureau / U.S. Public Health Service / U.S. Bureau / Central Intelligence Agency / Cobalt Development Institute / Canadian International Development Agency / Government of Congo / Global Witness / U.S. Department of Defense / Defense National Stockpile Center / Securities and Exchange Commission / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry / Congress / Papua New Guinea Government / /
Person
Linder Roberts / Gerald / II / Yang / Aidong / / /
Position
leading cobalt producer / leading producer / President / statistical assistant / international data coordinator / Chairman / analyst / /
Product
zinc sulfate / Activox / /
ProvinceOrState
Madang Province / Quebec / British Columbia / Est Province / Mpumalanga Province / Sevilla / Jiangxi Province / Montana / Ehime Prefecture / Northern Territory / Ontario / Alberta / Northwest Territories / Queensland / Newfoundland / Manitoba / Pennsylvania / Badajoz Province / Minnesota / Gauteng Province / Huelva / Michigan / Missouri / Holguin Province / Gansu Province / North-Western Province / Western Australia / Lemhi County / North Carolina / /
PublishedMedium
The Eagle / the Philippines (Metal Bulletin / The Platts annual / /
Region
east coast / central China / Western Australia / northeastern Minnesota / southern Montana / western Uganda / northwest Western Australia / southwestern Uganda / southwestern Spain / northern Queensland / southern New Caledonia / western Turkey / South Africa / /
Cobalt By Kim B. Shedd Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Jo-Ann S. Sterling, statistical assistant, and the world production tables were prepared by Linder Roberts, international data coordinator. Cobalt i