China Moly’s H1 cobalt production down 24% year/year

China Molybdenum Co., one of the world’s biggest cobalt producers, saw its output of the battery metal fall 24% year-on-year in the first half, according to Reuters calculations based on company filings. China Moly, which operates the Tenke Fungurume mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said in a statement on the Shanghai Stock Exchange it produced 6,543 tonnes of cobalt metal in January-June this year. It had reported output of 8,614 tonnes in the first half of 2019. The number implies second-quarter production of 3,299 tonnes of cobalt, a key… Read More Here