GCG | Kobalt – strategisches Metall für Energie & Techni

Metals & Minerals

Cobalt

Cobalt is a strategically important metal that is primarily required for high-performance batteries, alloys and chemical applications. It combines stability, temperature resistance and electrochemical efficiency - making it a key element for modern energy and drive technologies.

We supply what stores energy

Cobalt is indispensable for lithium-ion batteries - and therefore for electric vehicles, smartphones and stationary energy storage systems.
It is also used in superalloys for engines, in medical technology and in catalyst production.

We provide reliable access to high-quality cobalt - transparent, traceable, future-proof.

Cobalt in figures - 2024

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Over 70 % of the world's cobalt production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo - often under difficult political and social conditions.

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Cobalt is classified as a critical raw material in the EU and many industrialized nations - with growing importance for the energy transition.

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The strongest demand comes from the battery industry, followed by aviation, medical technology and specialty chemicals.

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The German Commodities Group works with strictly audited partners along the supply chain to provide ethically and qualitatively assured cobalt.

Critical raw material. Clear responsibility.

We trade cobalt in the form of metal, hydroxide, sulphate or as an alloy component - depending on the needs of the respective industry.

Our customers: Battery manufacturers, aviation, medical technology, specialty chemicals.

We deliver what energy needs - with responsibility.

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