Cobalt production chain

Two production buildings: from rocks to batteries

COBALT REFINERY
- Stones from stone pickers are unloaded in the marked area (tipper or stone pallets), with a storage capacity of 500,000 l
- 25% are refined into cobalt sulfate delivered in tanks
- 75% are waste rock, resold directly
- The tanks are decorative

BATTERY FACTORY
- Cobalt sulfate arrives in tanks (placed in the marked pallet area) or in a tanker
- Direct connection: if the battery factory is less than 10 m from the refinery, the sulfate is delivered directly to the factory as long as there is space (any surplus remains at the refinery in tanks)
- Production: pallets of 48 batteries (1,000 l); the sodium sulfate produced is resold directly

The sulfate tanks and battery pallets can be sold at product selling points