Cobalt is the lithium ion battery industry’s most talked about raw material right now. The trade flows of cobalt, particularly from the Democratic Republic of Congo into China’s refineries, has caused controversy.

Here, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence utilises it’s exclusive data to present the global flow of cobalt, from mine to market, in its entirety.

This map is free to download as a PDF and includes:

• Exclusive cobalt supply chain data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
• Shows global locations of major cobalt producing mines and refineries
• Global distribution and locations of the worlds cobalt exploration projects also shown
• Key stats for the 2017 cobalt market included
• Major global trade flows of material in cobalt supply chain