dc3da405-aca0-4fa9-abd1-552339f79793 English dataset Laura Williams British Geological Survey enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2025-03-21 Met4Tech metadata register 0.1 WGS 84 Latitude Longitude Cobalt: BGS Commodity Review 2019 Resource publication date Cobalt: BGS Commodity Review This dataset contains a detailed description of cobalt including information on general characteristics, mineralogy, deposit types, and the figures on world resources and reserves of cobalt. Further, it describes the supply chain stages including the extraction, processing, and refining and provides detailed information on uses, prices, and substitution of cobalt. World production, trade and consumption data are also included in the dataset. The data will be of value to all those interested in tracking and understanding the cobalt mineralogy, deposit types, uses, and potential resources and reserves in the UK and globally. E. Petavratzi British Geological Survey evpeta@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact notPlanned https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/minerals/m4tGraphic/mt3.png Cobalt metal extraction processing refining recycling MET4TECH dataCentre Economics BGS Geoscience Thesaurus 2002 BGS Thesaurus creation date 2022 BGS Thesaurus revision date no limitations to public access 1000000 English 8859part1 economy 2019 UK -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90 World Source document: Met4Tech_Metadata_BGS cobalt profile_2016.docx PDF https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534461/1/BGS_Commodity_Review_Cobalt.pdf dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 The dataset utilised public-domain data and information on cobalt, as well as targeted consultation with experts, spanning general characteristics and trading, processing, recycling, and manufacturing of products containing cobalt. Metadata is distributed with a CC BY-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International) licence