Home Vale Q1 cobalt output up by 5.4% with focus on higher quality products Vale’s cobalt production increased by 5.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018 while it focused on higher quality products, the Brazilian diversified miner said on Monday April 16. Output totaled 1,327 tonnes in the first three months of 2018, against 1,259 tonnes in the corresponding period of 2017. The highlight was production of cobalt rounds in Vale’s Long Harbour operation in Canada, which came to 373 tonnes in the first quarter of 2018, up by 227% from a year earlier, when the plant... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok To view this content, please take a free trial or subscribe to our service in just a few steps. Already registered? Log in Discover what Metal Bulletin has to offer with a FREE 7 day trial: View a sample of all 1,000+ prices Access the past month's market insights No commitment Try our global metal company database Get free access now Subscribe now to get access to Metal Bulletin: 1,000+ metals prices and premiums including key industry benchmarks Prices analysis tool Live news and breaking news alerts Contact information for 11,500+ companies Subscribe now Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 subs@metalbulletin.com Published Danielle Assalve April 16, 2018 20:27 GMT São Paulo Keywords Vale cobalt production Q1 2018 Long Harbour cobalt rounds Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}