Cobalt mine production (2025)

With 230K metric tons in 2025, Democratic Republic of the Congo leads the world in cobalt mine production, followed by Indonesia (44K metric tons) and Russian Federation (7.7K metric tons). The top 5 is rounded off by Madagascar (3.9K metric tons) and Australia (3.7K metric tons). Further down, Philippines (3.7K metric tons) and Canada (3.5K metric tons) hold the next two spots. Papua New Guinea (2.8K metric tons), China (2K metric tons), and Cuba (2K metric tons) round out the top ten. At the extremes, Democratic Republic of the Congo is 115× as high as Cuba (2K metric tons). Three of the top ten are in Asia. Among these countries, Cuba saw the largest year-over-year change at -42.0%.