They were the ones who brought the cobalt material [blue pigment] from Iraq and Iran all the way to China to decorate blue-and-white porcelain. Then they turned around and exported such new wares ...

A DRC cobalt export ban may only impact prices in the short term, but could point to a broader price control strategy to come ...

Both cobalt-copper mines are located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. American mining giant Freeport-McMoRan sold its stake in the Tenke Fungurume Mine to CMOC Group – then known as China ...

This is unlikely to reverse the pounding taken by the blue metal. Cobalt, named for the evil spirits ... which ruled the roost until being elbowed aside by China’s CMOC in 2023.

(Bloomberg) -- Cobalt stocks rose in China on Tuesday as a surprise export ban in the Democratic Republic of Congo lifted the near-term outlook for the material used in alloys and batteries.

Cobalt Blue Holdings (ASX:COB)analyst Joel Crane said the ban has resulted in cobalt refineries – mostly based in China – scrambling to secure feedstock “putting significant upward pressure ...

But as far as critical minerals are concerned, China has "a virtual monopoly on copper and cobalt production", according to Joseph Cihunda, from the University of Kinshasa's law faculty.