Cobalt ni icyuma gikomeye, gishyushye, gifite ubushyuhe bwinshi (1493°C)

Cobalt ni icyuma gikomeye, gishyuha kandi cy'umukara gifite aho gishongera cyane (1493°C). Cobalt ikoreshwa cyane cyane mu gukora imiti (58%), superalloys za turbine turbine na moteri z'indege, ibyuma byihariye, karubide, ibikoresho bya diyama, na magnets. Kugeza ubu, ikigo kinini gikora cobalt ni DR Congo (irenga 50%), gikurikirwa n'Uburusiya (4%), Ositaraliya, Filipine na Cuba. Cobalt futures iraboneka kugira ngo igurishwe kuri London Metal Exchange (LME). Ingano isanzwe ifite toni 1.

Ibiciro bya Cobalt byari hejuru y’amadolari 80.000 kuri toni muri Gicurasi, bikaba byari hejuru cyane kuva muri Kamena 2018, bikaba byarazamutseho 16% muri uyu mwaka, ndetse no mu gihe hakomeje gukenerwa cyane n’urwego rw’ibinyabiziga bikoresha amashanyarazi. Cobalt, igice cy’ingenzi muri bateri za lithium-ion, yungukira mu kwiyongera gukomeye kwa bateri zishobora kongera gukoreshwa no kubika ingufu mu rwego rw’ibinyabiziga bikoresha amashanyarazi. Ku ruhande rw’ibicuruzwa, umusaruro wa cobalt washyizwe ku ntera kuko igihugu icyo ari cyo cyose gikora ibikoresho by’ikoranabuhanga ari umuguzi wa cobalt. Hejuru y’ibyo, hashyizweho ibihano ku Burusiya, bugize hafi 4% by’umusaruro wa cobalt ku isi, kubera kwigarurira Ukraine, byongereye impungenge ku bijyanye n’ibicuruzwa bitangwa.

Biteganijwe ko Cobalt izagurishwa kuri 83066.00 USD/MT mu mpera z'iki gihembwe, nk'uko byagaragajwe n'abahanga mu by'ubukungu ku isi. Dutegereje, turateganya ko izagurishwa kuri 86346.00 mu mezi 12 ari imbere.