According to GlobalData, Zambia is the world’s thirteenth-largest producer of cobalt, with output of 0.46kt in 2022, up by 5% on 2021. Over the five years to 2021, production from Zambia decreased by a CAGR of 18.35% and is expected to rise by a CAGR of 4% between 2022 and 2026. GlobalData uses proprietary data and analytics to provide a complete picture of this market in its Global Cobalt Mining to 2030 report. Buy the report here.
Zambia accounts for 0.26% of global production, with the other largest producers being the Democratic Republic of the Congo (71%), Russia (5%), Australia (3%) and the Philippines (3%).
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