[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":733},["ShallowReactive",2],{"ticker-data":3,"story-article/cobalt-rout-continues-into-2023-as-prices-fall-through-to-mid-february":540},[4,52,82,112,148,186,228,259,296,328,371,412,450,481,510],{"publishedDate":5,"updateFrequency":6,"updateFrequencyText":7,"label":8,"today":9,"last":10,"percentageChange":11,"yearToDate":12,"yearOnYear":13,"oneYearIndexTrend":14,"url":48,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"2026-05-27","2wk","Updated every 2 weeks","Lithium",411.01,408.51,0.61,75.85,175.57,[15,16,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39,42,45],{"date":5,"value":9},{"date":17,"value":10},"2026-05-13",{"date":19,"value":20},"2026-04-29",372.51,{"date":22,"value":23},"2026-04-15",354.35,{"date":25,"value":26},"2026-04-01",346.55,{"date":28,"value":29},"2026-03-18",351.32,{"date":31,"value":32},"2026-03-04",346.6,{"date":34,"value":35},"2026-02-18",324,{"date":37,"value":38},"2026-02-04",337.67,{"date":40,"value":41},"2026-01-21",298.32,{"date":43,"value":44},"2026-01-07",233.73,{"date":46,"value":47},"2025-12-24",203.79,"/lithium/prices",null,false,true,{"publishedDate":5,"updateFrequency":6,"updateFrequencyText":7,"label":53,"today":54,"last":55,"percentageChange":56,"yearToDate":57,"yearOnYear":58,"oneYearIndexTrend":59,"url":48,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"Lithium Carbonate",449.85,451.12,-0.28,77.12,181.56,[60,61,62,64,66,68,70,72,74,76,78,80],{"date":5,"value":54},{"date":17,"value":55},{"date":19,"value":63},404.38,{"date":22,"value":65},381.25,{"date":25,"value":67},371.52,{"date":28,"value":69},373.01,{"date":31,"value":71},366.63,{"date":34,"value":73},349.17,{"date":37,"value":75},356.81,{"date":40,"value":77},316.73,{"date":43,"value":79},253.98,{"date":46,"value":81},220.12,{"publishedDate":5,"updateFrequency":6,"updateFrequencyText":7,"label":83,"today":84,"last":85,"percentageChange":86,"yearToDate":87,"yearOnYear":88,"oneYearIndexTrend":89,"url":48,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"Lithium Hydroxide",358.35,350.28,2.3,76.32,168.94,[90,91,92,94,96,98,100,102,104,106,108,110],{"date":5,"value":84},{"date":17,"value":85},{"date":19,"value":93},328.09,{"date":22,"value":95},316.95,{"date":25,"value":97},311.86,{"date":28,"value":99},321.41,{"date":31,"value":101},319.14,{"date":34,"value":103},295.42,{"date":37,"value":105},310,{"date":40,"value":107},270.4,{"date":43,"value":109},203.24,{"date":46,"value":111},177.17,{"publishedDate":19,"updateFrequency":113,"updateFrequencyText":114,"label":115,"today":116,"last":117,"percentageChange":118,"yearToDate":119,"yearOnYear":120,"oneYearIndexTrend":121,"url":147,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"1wk","Updated every week","Cobalt",244.61,252.61,-3.17,3.99,97.72,[122,123,124,127,129,132,133,136,138,141,143,146],{"date":19,"value":116},{"date":25,"value":117},{"date":125,"value":126},"2026-03-25",252.45,{"date":28,"value":128},252.84,{"date":130,"value":131},"2026-03-11",253.48,{"date":31,"value":126},{"date":134,"value":135},"2026-02-25",256.64,{"date":34,"value":137},255.58,{"date":139,"value":140},"2026-02-11",253.31,{"date":37,"value":142},252.26,{"date":144,"value":145},"2026-01-28",241.15,{"date":40,"value":145},"/cobalt/prices",{"publishedDate":149,"updateFrequency":6,"updateFrequencyText":7,"label":150,"today":151,"last":152,"percentageChange":153,"yearToDate":154,"yearOnYear":155,"oneYearIndexTrend":156,"url":185,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"2026-05-20","Nickel",135.83,133.05,2.09,12.5,30.68,[157,158,160,163,166,168,170,172,174,176,179,182],{"date":149,"value":151},{"date":159,"value":152},"2026-05-06",{"date":161,"value":162},"2026-04-22",125.43,{"date":164,"value":165},"2026-04-08",124.51,{"date":125,"value":167},123.94,{"date":130,"value":169},123.51,{"date":134,"value":171},122.7,{"date":139,"value":173},123.79,{"date":144,"value":175},128.07,{"date":177,"value":178},"2026-01-14",120.74,{"date":180,"value":181},"2025-12-31",104.29,{"date":183,"value":184},"2025-12-17",103.44,"/nickel/prices",{"publishedDate":187,"updateFrequency":188,"updateFrequencyText":188,"label":189,"today":190,"last":191,"percentageChange":192,"yearToDate":193,"yearOnYear":194,"oneYearIndexTrend":195,"url":227,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"2026-04-30","monthly","Natural Graphite",82.93,82.39,0.66,1.66,-0.87,[196,197,199,202,205,207,210,212,215,218,221,224],{"date":187,"value":190},{"date":198,"value":191},"2026-03-31",{"date":200,"value":201},"2026-02-27",81.92,{"date":203,"value":204},"2026-01-30",81.69,{"date":180,"value":206},81.58,{"date":208,"value":209},"2025-11-28",81.35,{"date":211,"value":209},"2025-10-31",{"date":213,"value":214},"2025-09-30",81.74,{"date":216,"value":217},"2025-08-29",81.56,{"date":219,"value":220},"2025-07-31",82.47,{"date":222,"value":223},"2025-06-30",83.13,{"date":225,"value":226},"2025-05-30",83.77,"/natural-graphite/prices",{"publishedDate":187,"updateFrequency":188,"updateFrequencyText":188,"label":229,"today":230,"last":231,"percentageChange":232,"yearToDate":233,"yearOnYear":234,"oneYearIndexTrend":235,"url":258,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"Anode Coke",84.01,79.79,5.29,12.86,12.75,[236,237,238,240,242,244,246,248,250,252,254,256],{"date":187,"value":230},{"date":198,"value":231},{"date":200,"value":239},75.72,{"date":203,"value":241},74.61,{"date":180,"value":243},74.44,{"date":208,"value":245},76,{"date":211,"value":247},72.75,{"date":213,"value":249},71.92,{"date":216,"value":251},71.46,{"date":219,"value":253},70.35,{"date":222,"value":255},67.35,{"date":225,"value":257},65.78,"/synthetic-graphite/prices",{"publishedDate":260,"updateFrequency":188,"updateFrequencyText":188,"label":261,"today":262,"last":263,"percentageChange":264,"yearToDate":265,"yearOnYear":265,"oneYearIndexTrend":266,"url":295,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"2025-11-17","Anode",77.79,77.96,-0.22,-1.93,[267,268,270,272,274,277,280,282,284,287,290,292],{"date":260,"value":262},{"date":269,"value":263},"2025-10-15",{"date":271,"value":263},"2025-09-15",{"date":273,"value":263},"2025-08-15",{"date":275,"value":276},"2025-07-15",77.93,{"date":278,"value":279},"2025-06-16",78.88,{"date":281,"value":279},"2025-05-15",{"date":283,"value":279},"2025-04-15",{"date":285,"value":286},"2025-03-17",79.89,{"date":288,"value":289},"2025-02-17",78.97,{"date":291,"value":289},"2025-01-15",{"date":293,"value":294},"2024-12-16",79.32,"/anode/prices",{"publishedDate":297,"updateFrequency":188,"updateFrequencyText":188,"label":298,"today":299,"last":300,"percentageChange":301,"yearToDate":301,"yearOnYear":302,"oneYearIndexTrend":303,"url":327,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"2026-01-15","Cathode",72.79,64.08,13.59,43.38,[304,305,307,309,311,313,315,317,318,320,322,325],{"date":297,"value":299},{"date":306,"value":300},"2025-12-15",{"date":260,"value":308},62.01,{"date":269,"value":310},53.51,{"date":271,"value":312},49.5,{"date":273,"value":314},47.28,{"date":275,"value":316},46.05,{"date":278,"value":316},{"date":281,"value":319},48.08,{"date":283,"value":321},48.92,{"date":323,"value":324},"2025-03-18",52.79,{"date":288,"value":326},50.86,"/cathode/prices",{"publishedDate":329,"updateFrequency":188,"updateFrequencyText":188,"label":330,"today":331,"last":332,"percentageChange":333,"yearToDate":334,"yearOnYear":335,"oneYearIndexTrend":336,"url":370,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"2025-03-31","Lithium ion Batteries",74.53,71.3,4.53,-1.6,-20.88,[337,338,340,343,346,349,352,355,358,361,364,367],{"date":329,"value":331},{"date":339,"value":332},"2025-02-28",{"date":341,"value":342},"2025-01-31",71.45,{"date":344,"value":345},"2024-12-31",75.74,{"date":347,"value":348},"2024-11-29",76.98,{"date":350,"value":351},"2024-10-31",77.34,{"date":353,"value":354},"2024-09-30",77.43,{"date":356,"value":357},"2024-08-30",80.56,{"date":359,"value":360},"2024-07-31",82.99,{"date":362,"value":363},"2024-06-28",87.2,{"date":365,"value":366},"2024-05-31",90.7,{"date":368,"value":369},"2024-04-30",93.2,"/battery-gigafactory/prices",{"publishedDate":372,"updateFrequency":6,"updateFrequencyText":7,"label":373,"today":374,"last":375,"percentageChange":376,"yearToDate":377,"yearOnYear":378,"oneYearIndexTrend":379,"url":411,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"2026-05-21","Black Mass",54.15,51.47,5.21,25.5,92.33,[380,381,383,386,389,392,395,398,401,404,406,408],{"date":372,"value":374},{"date":382,"value":375},"2026-05-07",{"date":384,"value":385},"2026-04-23",48.63,{"date":387,"value":388},"2026-04-09",48.6,{"date":390,"value":391},"2026-03-26",47.29,{"date":393,"value":394},"2026-03-12",46.18,{"date":396,"value":397},"2026-02-26",45.8,{"date":399,"value":400},"2026-02-12",47.34,{"date":402,"value":403},"2026-01-29",49.57,{"date":297,"value":405},43.15,{"date":180,"value":407},47.05,{"date":409,"value":410},"2025-12-18",41.51,"/recycling/black-mass-prices",{"publishedDate":413,"updateFrequency":188,"updateFrequencyText":188,"label":414,"today":415,"last":416,"percentageChange":417,"yearToDate":418,"yearOnYear":419,"oneYearIndexTrend":420,"url":449,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"2026-03-19","Rare Earths",172.27,182.38,-5.54,20.73,54.49,[421,422,424,427,430,432,435,437,440,443,445,447],{"date":413,"value":415},{"date":423,"value":416},"2026-03-05",{"date":425,"value":426},"2026-02-19",179.86,{"date":428,"value":429},"2026-02-05",155.4,{"date":431,"value":429},"2026-01-22",{"date":433,"value":434},"2026-01-08",145.37,{"date":46,"value":436},142.69,{"date":438,"value":439},"2025-12-11",141.67,{"date":441,"value":442},"2025-11-27",136.29,{"date":211,"value":444},132.15,{"date":213,"value":446},139.82,{"date":216,"value":448},145.27,"/rare-earths/prices",{"publishedDate":213,"updateFrequency":188,"updateFrequencyText":188,"label":451,"today":452,"last":453,"percentageChange":454,"yearToDate":455,"yearOnYear":456,"oneYearIndexTrend":457,"url":370,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"LFP",111.93,124.92,-10.4,-2.67,-3.42,[458,459,460,462,464,466,469,471,473,475,477,479],{"date":213,"value":452},{"date":216,"value":453},{"date":219,"value":461},109.9,{"date":222,"value":463},100.47,{"date":225,"value":465},103.62,{"date":467,"value":468},"2025-04-30",109.47,{"date":329,"value":470},115.87,{"date":339,"value":472},117.3,{"date":341,"value":474},114.57,{"date":344,"value":476},115,{"date":347,"value":478},117.82,{"date":350,"value":480},111.9,{"publishedDate":213,"updateFrequency":188,"updateFrequencyText":188,"label":482,"today":483,"last":484,"percentageChange":485,"yearToDate":486,"yearOnYear":487,"oneYearIndexTrend":488,"url":370,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"NCM High-Nickel",99.44,96.91,2.61,2.37,-3.84,[489,490,491,493,495,497,499,501,503,505,506,508],{"date":213,"value":483},{"date":216,"value":484},{"date":219,"value":492},97.09,{"date":222,"value":494},94.93,{"date":225,"value":496},97.13,{"date":467,"value":498},97.89,{"date":329,"value":500},101.4,{"date":339,"value":502},93.25,{"date":341,"value":504},98.94,{"date":344,"value":496},{"date":347,"value":507},98.69,{"date":350,"value":509},101.87,{"publishedDate":213,"updateFrequency":188,"updateFrequencyText":188,"label":511,"today":512,"last":513,"percentageChange":514,"yearToDate":515,"yearOnYear":516,"oneYearIndexTrend":517,"url":370,"subscription":49,"isProtected":50,"hasAccess":51},"NCM Mid-Nickel",103.5,99.73,3.78,13.78,6.78,[518,519,520,522,524,526,528,530,532,534,536,538],{"date":213,"value":512},{"date":216,"value":513},{"date":219,"value":521},99.19,{"date":222,"value":523},96.02,{"date":225,"value":525},98.23,{"date":467,"value":527},99.24,{"date":329,"value":529},101.29,{"date":339,"value":531},87.61,{"date":341,"value":533},92.44,{"date":344,"value":535},90.96,{"date":347,"value":537},92.24,{"date":350,"value":539},95.09,{"id":541,"uuid":542,"name":543,"slug":544,"full_slug":545,"content":546,"relatedArticles":731,"relatedVideos":732},112471803874067,"2fbcd454-0d09-44e9-accf-bd6a9c740614","Cobalt rout continues into 2023 as prices fall  through to mid-February","cobalt-rout-continues-into-2023-as-prices-fall-through-to-mid-february","article/cobalt-rout-continues-into-2023-as-prices-fall-through-to-mid-february",{"_uid":547,"date":548,"tags":549,"editor":553,"content":563,"excerpt":711,"featured":51,"reporter":712,"_editable":716,"component":717,"seo_title":543,"categories":718,"visibility":724,"author_company":49,"featured_image":725,"seo_description":711,"author_full_name":49,"author_job_title":49,"formattedDate":729,"formattedArticleDate":730},"66ccfcda-0293-473d-9116-b6a6d6c5f88b","2023-02-17 00:00",[550],{"slug":551,"name":552},"cobalt-prices","Cobalt prices",[554],{"slug":555,"name":556,"content":557},"matthew-bird","Matthew Bird",{"job_title":558,"image":559,"bio":561,"linkedin":562},"Senior Editor - Supply Chains & Data Visualisation",{"filename":560},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/512x512/14738033ec/matthew-bird.jpeg","Matthew writes, edits and produces content for Benchmark Intelligence and Benchmark Source across the whole mine to grid supply chain. He also acts as a liaison to the press. He has a PhD in electrochemistry from the University of Nottingham.","https://www.linkedin.com/in/birdmatthew/",{"type":564,"content":565},"doc",[566,573,578,583,588,595,602,607,612,617,626,631,636,641,646,651,656,661,666,671,676,681,686,691,696,701,706],{"type":567,"attrs":568,"content":569},"paragraph",{"textAlign":49},[570],{"text":571,"type":572},"Cobalt metal prices have continued their bear run in the new year, falling more than 17% through to mid-February due to limited demand from consumer electronics, a surplus of supply from mines, and high inventory levels. ","text",{"type":567,"attrs":574,"content":575},{"textAlign":49},[576],{"text":577,"type":572},"Cobalt metal prices have declined 57% since peaking in April 2022 to $16.95 a pound as of 15 February according to Benchmark’s Cobalt Price Assessment. ",{"type":567,"attrs":579,"content":580},{"textAlign":49},[581],{"text":582,"type":572},"Demand for cobalt from the lithium ion battery sector remained muted due to the early Spring Festival celebration that kept the Chinese market quiet for most of January. Demand has been particularly weak for the lithium cobalt oxide cathode chemistries (LCO), typically used in consumer electronics. ",{"type":567,"attrs":584,"content":585},{"textAlign":49},[586],{"text":587,"type":572},"“There hasn’t been any fundamental improvement [in demand] in the last few months. It’s also that time of year where things slow down even further in China,” said Greg Miller, an analyst at Benchmark.",{"type":567,"attrs":589,"content":590},{"textAlign":49},[591,593],{"text":592,"type":572},"Price declines are even sharper for cobalt sulphate and cobalt hydroxide which are",{"text":594,"type":572},"down 66% and 74% since April, according to Benchmark’s Cobalt Price Assessment.",{"type":596,"attrs":597,"content":599},"heading",{"level":598,"textAlign":49},4,[600],{"text":601,"type":572},"Weak smartphone sales, slow EV demand in December",{"type":567,"attrs":603,"content":604},{"textAlign":49},[605],{"text":606,"type":572},"A report from IDC, a market intelligence firm for consumer electronics, showed that global smartphone sales recorded a steep decline of 11.3% in 2022, the lowest since 2013. Smartphone batteries contain more cobalt per kilogram than those used in electric vehicles.",{"type":567,"attrs":608,"content":609},{"textAlign":49},[610],{"text":611,"type":572},"LCO is expected to slip to 5.8% of total lithium ion battery market by the end of this year, from 8.1% in 2022, according to the Benchmark Cobalt Forecast. ",{"type":567,"attrs":613,"content":614},{"textAlign":49},[615],{"text":616,"type":572},"Further, demand from the electric vehicle battery sector slowed in December and production for Chinese batteries using NCM (nickel, cobalt and manganese) and NCA (nickel, cobalt and aluminium) chemistries fell 23.6% month-on-month to 18.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) compared to a 13.3% fall to 33.9 GWh for lithium iron phosphate LFP.",{"type":567,"attrs":618,"content":619},{"textAlign":49},[620],{"type":621,"attrs":622},"image",{"id":49,"alt":623,"src":624,"title":49,"source":49,"copyright":49,"meta_data":625},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/696c10cbe3/bm-cobalt-prices-feb-2023.png",{},{"type":567,"attrs":627,"content":628},{"textAlign":49},[629],{"text":630,"type":572},"Despite the headwinds, cobalt has a strong long-term demand outlook and Benchmark forecasts demand from the electric vehicle sector to grow by over 230% from 2022 through to 2030.",{"type":567,"attrs":632,"content":633},{"textAlign":49},[634],{"text":635,"type":572},"“Demand will pick up again over the coming months. There is probably an expectation that the prices are close to reaching the floor, particularly on the metal side. As they reach close to the bottom, a lot of traders will start buying more material again,” Miller said.",{"type":567,"attrs":637,"content":638},{"textAlign":49},[639],{"text":640,"type":572},"Glencore, the world’s largest cobalt miner, said this week that “strong cobalt demand remains underpinned by the rate of EV sales growth. ",{"type":567,"attrs":642,"content":643},{"textAlign":49},[644],{"text":645,"type":572},"“While it may take some time, given current excess inventory levels, cobalt fundamentals are expected to improve, also once China begins its recovery phase, which should see a turnaround in consumer goods battery demand,” it said. ",{"type":567,"attrs":647,"content":648},{"textAlign":49},[649],{"text":650,"type":572},"There is also speculation that the Chinese State Reserve Bureau (SRB), the largest importer of the battery material, will begin purchasing cobalt following the Spring Festival. “From my understanding the SRB are going to buy volumes intermittently throughout the year,” Miller said.",{"type":596,"attrs":652,"content":653},{"level":598,"textAlign":49},[654],{"text":655,"type":572},"Supply surplus and prices",{"type":567,"attrs":657,"content":658},{"textAlign":49},[659],{"text":660,"type":572},"The weakening in smartphones and a slowdown in electric vehicle demand comes amid an increase in cobalt supply. ",{"type":567,"attrs":662,"content":663},{"textAlign":49},[664],{"text":665,"type":572},"Global cobalt supply is expected to reach 192,149 tonnes by the end of this year, a jump of 10.6% over 2022, according to Benchmark’s Cobalt Price Assessment. ",{"type":567,"attrs":667,"content":668},{"textAlign":49},[669],{"text":670,"type":572},"London-listed Glencore said it produced 43,800 tonnes of cobalt in 2022, a jump of 40% over 2021, due to the restart of its Mutanda mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.",{"type":567,"attrs":672,"content":673},{"textAlign":49},[674],{"text":675,"type":572},"China’s CMOC, the world’s second largest cobalt producer, increased production as well, despite a ban on exports due to an ongoing dispute with the DRC’s state-owned mining company Gecamines over royalty payments.",{"type":567,"attrs":677,"content":678},{"textAlign":49},[679],{"text":680,"type":572},"In Indonesia, the first delivery of mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide precipitate (MHP), an alternative source of cobalt to DRC hydroxide for battery makers, was sent from from PT QMB’s high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) project after completion of a two year construction. ",{"type":567,"attrs":682,"content":683},{"textAlign":49},[684],{"text":685,"type":572},"The joint venture between Chinese precursor producer, GEM, South Korean cathode producer, EcoPro, and others, is expected to produce 2,000 tonnes of cobalt this year according to the Benchmark Cobalt Forecast. ",{"type":567,"attrs":687,"content":688},{"textAlign":49},[689],{"text":690,"type":572},"Indonesian cobalt production is growing to meet EV market demand, with companies like GEM building out new capacity to increase their market share. The Benchmark Cobalt Forecast expects the Chinese precursor giant to produce over 7,500 tonnes a year by 2025 given the scale of its Indonesian HPAL projects.",{"type":567,"attrs":692,"content":693},{"textAlign":49},[694],{"text":695,"type":572},"Indonesia is set to become a crucial low-cost supplier to the lithium ion value chain as more HPAL projects, such as QMB’s, come online.",{"type":567,"attrs":697,"content":698},{"textAlign":49},[699],{"text":700,"type":572},"Benchmark forecasts that additional supply from Indonesia and the DRC will see cobalt’s surplus exceed 10,000 tonnes this year. ",{"type":567,"attrs":702,"content":703},{"textAlign":49},[704],{"text":705,"type":572},"However, an ongoing legal dispute between the DRC government and CMOC over the latter’s royalty payments from Tenke Fungurume adds an element of uncertainty. The mine continues to operate but has had a ban on exports since July. A forced stoppage to production at the world’s second largest mine could lift prices in the short term.",{"type":567,"attrs":707,"content":708},{"textAlign":49},[709],{"text":710,"type":572},"“On the supply side, there’s quite a lot of concern at the moment about the DRC…any further development with Tenke in the next few months is likely to have more of an impact on pricing than any demand factor,” said Harry Fisher, analyst at Benchmark.","Cobalt metal prices have continued their bear run in the new year, falling more than 17% through to mid-February due to limited demand from consumer electronics, a surplus of supply from mines, and high inventory levels. Cobalt metal prices have declined 57% since peaking in April 2022 to $16.95 a pound as of 15 February […]",[713],{"slug":555,"name":556,"content":714},{"job_title":558,"image":715,"bio":561,"linkedin":562},{"filename":560},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"66ccfcda-0293-473d-9116-b6a6d6c5f88b\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[719,721],{"slug":720,"name":115},"cobalt",{"slug":722,"name":723},"critical-minerals","Critical Minerals","private",{"id":49,"alt":623,"name":623,"focus":623,"title":623,"source":623,"filename":726,"copyright":623,"fieldtype":727,"meta_data":728,"is_external_url":51},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/741323b2d9/bm-glencore-ktanaga-copper-mine-drc.jpg","asset",{"alt":623,"title":623,"source":623,"copyright":623},"Feb 17, 2023","17th February 2023",[],[],1780500971646]