Research Report on Cobalt ores and Concentrates Imports in China 2020-2024

Abstract
Description

According to CRI, there are only a few cobalt resources in China, the total reserve of cobalt ores in China is 470 kilotons, so it heavily depends on imports.

According to CRI, China's import of cobalt ores and concentrates increased from 100.99 kilotons in 2017 to 136.10 kilotons in 2018, and then decreased to 90.89 tons in 2019, with a large fluctuation.

In the first half of 2020, the import volume is only 26.81 tons in China, less than one third of that in the whole year of 2019 due to the COVID-19.

Cobalt minerals occur in concentrations high enough to support economic extraction in several diverse settings, all of which display very different examples of mineralization. The most common groups of minerals are sulphides, sulfosalts, arsenides and oxides.

It shows oligopoly in terms of cobalt resources. The market share of the three top companies was up to 40%. The global upstream cobalt resources are mainly controlled by multinational mining enterprises such as Glencore, Molybdenum and Eurasian Resources.

According to CRI, the world's cobalt resources are rich, but cobalt resource concentration is high, mainly distributed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC) and Australia. The DRC is always the biggest source of China’s cobalt imports.

Readers may obtain the following information through this report:
- Economic Environment of Cobalt ores and concentrates Industry in China
- Policies in Imported Cobalt ores and concentrates in China
- Analysis of Supply and Demand of Cobalt ores and concentrates in China
- Analysis of Imported Cobalt ores and concentrates in China
- Analysis of Major Sources of Cobalt ores and concentrates in China
- Price Trend of Imported Cobalt ores and concentrates in China
- China's import of cobalt ores and concentrates into customs

Content
Table of Contents
1 Development Environment of China’s Cobalt Ores and Concentrates Imports
1.1 Consumption of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates in China Market
1.2 Policy Environment of China’s Cobalt Ores and Concentrates Imports

2 China’s Cobalt Ores and Concentrates Imports, 2017 - 2020
2.1 Classification of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates by China Customs
2.2 Total Imports
2.3 Sub Products

3 Major Enterprises of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates
3.1 GLENCORE
3.2 MOLYBDENUM
3.3 ERG
3.4 SHERRITT
3.5 HUAYOU

4 Major Sources of China’s Cobalt Ores and Concentrates Imports, 2017 - 2020
4.1 Major Sources of China’s Cobalt Ores and Concentrates Imports, 2017
4.2 Major Sources of China’s Cobalt Ores and Concentrates Imports, 2018
4.3 Major Sources of China’s Cobalt Ores and Concentrates Imports, 2019
4.4 Major Sources of China’s Cobalt Ores and Concentrates Imports, 2020

Table of Selected Charts
Chart Related Policies of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates
Chart Classification of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates by China Customs
Chart Import Volume and Value of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates in China, 2017 - 2020
Chart Common Cobalt-Bearing Minerals Found in Economic Deposits
Chart Market Share of Cobalt Suppliers
Chart Profile of Glencore
Chart Profile of Molybdenum
Chart Profile of ERG
Chart Profile of Sherritt
Chart Profile of Huayou
Chart Major Sources of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates in China, 2017
Chart Major Sources of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates in China, 2018
Chart Major Sources of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates in China, 2019
Chart Major Sources of Cobalt Ores and Concentrates in China, 2020