He metala paʻakikī, ʻālohilohi, hina hina ka Cobalt me kahi kiko heheʻe kiʻekiʻe (1493°C). Hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻo Cobalt i ka hana ʻana i nā kemika (58 pakeneka), nā superalloys no nā pahi turbine kinoea a me nā mīkini mokulele jet, kila kūikawā, carbides, nā mea hana daimana, a me nā magnet. Ma kahi mamao loa, ʻo DR Congo ka mea hana nui loa o ka cobalt (ʻoi aku ma mua o 50%) ukali ʻia e Rusia (4%), Australia, Philippines, a me Cuba. Loaʻa nā Cobalt futures no ke kālepa ʻana ma The London Metal Exchange (LME). ʻO ka nui o ka pilina maʻamau he 1 tonne.
Ua lana nā kumukūʻai Cobalt i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma luna o ka pae $80,000 no ka tonne i Mei, ʻo ia ko lākou kiʻekiʻe loa mai Iune 2018 a ua piʻi aʻe he 16% i kēia makahiki a puni ma waena o ke koi ikaika mau mai ka ʻāpana kaʻa uila. ʻO Cobalt, kahi mea nui i nā pila lithium-ion, e pōmaikaʻi ana mai ka ulu ikaika ʻana o nā pila hiki ke hoʻouka hou ʻia a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu i ka mālamalama o ke koi kupaianaha no nā kaʻa uila. Ma ka ʻaoʻao lako, ua hoʻokuke ʻia ka hana cobalt i kona mau palena no ka mea ʻo kekahi lāhui e hana ana i nā mea uila he mea kūʻai cobalt. Ma luna o kēlā, ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hoʻopaʻi ma luna o Rusia, nona ka helu ʻana ma kahi o 4% o ka hana cobalt o ka honua, no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Ukraine ua hoʻoikaika i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka lako o ka waiwai.
Manaʻo ʻia e kūʻai ʻia ʻo Cobalt ma 83066.00 USD/MT ma ka hopena o kēia hapaha, e like me nā hiʻohiʻona macro honua a me nā manaʻolana o ka poʻe loiloi Trading Economics. Ke nānā nei i mua, ke kuhi nei mākou e kūʻai ʻia ma 86346.00 i loko o 12 mau mahina.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-12-2022
