China produced an estimated metric tons of cobalt in 2025, which made it one of the world's largest producers of the mineral that year. Cobalt is a hard, lustrous metal that is only found in Earth’s crust. It is typically a byproduct of mining nickel, silver, lead, copper, and iron. Compounds of cobalt have also been used to color porcelain, glass, pottery, and tile due to the blue color it produces.
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US Geological Survey, & U.S. Department of the Interior. (February 6, 2026). Mine production of cobalt in China from 2012 to 2025 (in metric tons) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/1409541/cobalt-mine-production-in-china/
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