From January to February 2020, China imported 36012 tons of cobalt hydrometallurgical intermediates, down 44 per cent from the previous month and up 20 per cent from a year earlier.
Of these, cobalt hydrometallurgical intermediates imported 35218 tons from Congolese gold, down 44% from the previous month, an increase of 26% over the same period last year; 553 tons from the Russian Federation, down 42% from the same period last year; 181 tons from Zambia, down 37% from the previous month, an increase of 535% over the same period last year; and 60 tons from New Caledonia, a decrease of 24% over the same period last year and an increase of 18% over the same period last year.
