A summary of China's battery raw materials imports for the first two months of 2021.
In brief
Imports of cobalt metal rose sharply year-on-year early in 2021, with the second round of
stockpiling by China's State Reserve Bureau elevating the domestic price of metal in the first two months of the year, triggering a robust import appetite in the country for the blue metal.
Imports of cobalt intermediates were up due to comparatively...