China plans to add to its strategic reserves ... demand is increasing and geopolitical tensions are running high. Cobalt, copper, nickel and lithium are among the metals the government plans ...

March 24 (Reuters) - Cobalt futures prices in China jumped more than 9% on Monday fuelled by China's strategic buying of cobalt and talks of extension of export ban from the Democratic Republic of ...

But as far as critical minerals are concerned, China has "a virtual monopoly on copper and cobalt production", according to ...

S firms are buying cobalt metal produced in Indonesia by China's Lygend Resources that does not incur the tariffs placed by the Trump administration on imports direct from China, three sources ...

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(Bloomberg) -- China plans to add to its strategic reserves ... is increasing and geopolitical tensions are running high. Cobalt, copper, nickel and lithium are among the metals the government ...