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Cobalt (mined)

Cobalt mined, by metal content — most of it a by-product of copper and nickel mining. The latest year is a USGS estimate.

Producers listed
12
Highest
230 kt
Lowest
300 t
Observed
2025

The ten highest

Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

  1. 1🇨🇩DR Congo

    230 kt  ·  observed 2025

  2. 2🇮🇩Indonesia

    44.0 kt  ·  observed 2025

  3. 3🇷🇺Russia

    7,700 t  ·  observed 2025

  4. 4🇲🇬Madagascar

    3,900 t  ·  observed 2025

  5. 5🇦🇺Australia

    3,700 t  ·  observed 2025

  6. 5🇵🇭Philippines

    3,700 t  ·  observed 2025

  7. 7🇨🇦Canada

    3,500 t  ·  observed 2025

  8. 8🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

    2,800 t  ·  observed 2025

  9. 9🇨🇳China

    2,000 t  ·  observed 2025

  10. 9🇨🇺Cuba

    2,000 t  ·  observed 2025

Every listed producer

Figures are tonnes of mine production.

The USGS names only the producers it lists; a nation absent here is not recorded as producing none — any output elsewhere sits inside the published world total. For each producer’s share of world production, and the honest “Rest of world” remainder, see the commodity page.

  1. 1🇨🇩DR Congo230 kt · 2025
  2. 2🇮🇩Indonesia44.0 kt · 2025
  3. 3🇷🇺Russia7,700 t · 2025
  4. 4🇲🇬Madagascar3,900 t · 2025
  5. 5🇦🇺Australia3,700 t · 2025
  6. 5🇵🇭Philippines3,700 t · 2025
  7. 7🇨🇦Canada3,500 t · 2025
  8. 8🇵🇬Papua New Guinea2,800 t · 2025
  9. 9🇨🇳China2,000 t · 2025
  10. 9🇨🇺Cuba2,000 t · 2025
  11. 11🇹🇷Türkiye1,900 t · 2025
  12. 12🇺🇸United States300 t · 2025