LME / SMM cobalt
Cobalt — grades, benchmarks and payable terms
Cobalt is the most scrutinised metal in the battery chain. KWE Metals produces cobalt from Central American ground under documented conditions, shipping ore, concentrate and cast bar.
Live benchmark
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Cobalt is priced against LME cobalt and SMM cobalt assessments on the day of delivery, on contained cobalt after moisture.
Specification
- Products
- Cobalt-bearing ore, concentrate, cast bar
- Typical grade
- Reported as % Co with nickel and copper credits
- Packaging
- Bulk bags for ore and concentrate; palletised bar
- Payable basis
- Contained Co against LME/SMM assessment
Provenance buyers can document
Cobalt buyers increasingly need to show where their units came from. Our lots carry site of origin, sampling records and assay certificates, which supports downstream due-diligence reporting.
Environmental standard
Cobalt extraction runs under the same reclamation, lined-pad and water-handling standard as the rest of our portfolio.
Cobalt questions we are asked
- Is cobalt exchange-traded with a live feed?
- Cobalt trades on LME and against SMM China assessments, neither of which publishes a free real-time tick. We quote from those settlements at delivery.
- Can you supply cobalt bar rather than ore?
- Lot enquiries, assays and offtake terms: +1-844-593-4766, Monday to Friday 9am–5pm EST, or the enquiry form on our homepage.
