Freeport-McMoRan is one of the world's largest suppliers of cobalt. Cobalt is produced at Tenke Fungurume Mining in the form of a cobalt hydroxide intermediate product. It is further refined into various cobalt chemicals, metal powders and metallic cobalt to satisfy a diverse end market. In metallic form cobalt is used for its wear, corrosion and high temperature characteristics while its chemical uses continue to grow lead by the use of cobalt in Lithium ion batteries that power everything from cell phones to electric vehicles.

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