Global Cobalt Hydroxide Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Cobalt Hydroxide is a highly water insoluble crystalline Cobalt source for uses compatible with higher (basic) pH environments. Cobalt(II) hydroxide is most used as a drying agent for paints, varnishes, and inks, in the preparation of other cobalt compounds, as a catalyst and in the manufacture of battery electrodes. The report covers refined cobalt hydroxide with a refined cobalt content of over 61%.

According to APO Research, The global Cobalt Hydroxide market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Cobalt Hydroxide is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Cobalt Hydroxide is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Cobalt Hydroxide is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of Cobalt Hydroxide include Freeport Cobalt, The Shepherd Chemical Company, Umicore, Huayou Cobalt, Great Power, Hanrui Cobalt, Xinwei Nickel & Cobalt, ALT Cobalt & Nickel Products and ICoNiChem, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Cobalt Hydroxide, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Cobalt Hydroxide.

The Cobalt Hydroxide market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (MT) and revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Cobalt Hydroxide market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, price, and sales by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Cobalt Hydroxide Segment by Company

Freeport Cobalt
The Shepherd Chemical Company
Umicore
Huayou Cobalt
Great Power
Hanrui Cobalt
Xinwei Nickel & Cobalt
ALT Cobalt & Nickel Products
ICoNiChem

Cobalt Hydroxide Segment by Type

Industrial Grade
Battery Grade

Cobalt Hydroxide Segment by Application

Cobalt Compound Preparation
Drying Agent In Paints/Inks
Battery Electrode Manufacturing
Others

Cobalt Hydroxide Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Cobalt Hydroxide market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Cobalt Hydroxide and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Cobalt Hydroxide.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the study scope of this report, executive summary of market segments by type, market size segments for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 2: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Cobalt Hydroxide manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Cobalt Hydroxide in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the future development prospects, and market space in the world.
Chapter 5: Introduces market segments by application, market size segment for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, sales and revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Analysis of industrial chain, key raw materials, manufacturing cost, and market dynamics.
Chapter 13: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.2.1 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.3 Cobalt Hydroxide Market by Type
1.3.1 Industrial Grade
1.3.2 Battery Grade
1.4 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Type
1.4.1 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
1.4.3 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
1.5.1 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.2 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.4 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2 Global Market Dynamics
2.1 Cobalt Hydroxide Industry Trends
2.2 Cobalt Hydroxide Industry Drivers
2.3 Cobalt Hydroxide Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Cobalt Hydroxide Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company
3.1 Global Top Players by Cobalt Hydroxide Revenue (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Top Players by Cobalt Hydroxide Sales (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Top Players by Cobalt Hydroxide Price (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Company, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Company Establishment Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Cobalt Hydroxide Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
3.8.3 2023 Cobalt Hydroxide Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Cobalt Hydroxide Regional Status and Outlook
4.1 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
4.2 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Historic Market Size by Region
4.2.1 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Sales in Volume by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Sales in Value by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.3 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
4.3 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Forecasted Market Size by Region
4.3.1 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Sales in Volume by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.2 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Sales in Value by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.3 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2026-2031)
5 Cobalt Hydroxide by Application
5.1 Cobalt Hydroxide Market by Application
5.1.1 Cobalt Compound Preparation
5.1.2 Drying Agent In Paints/Inks
5.1.3 Battery Electrode Manufacturing
5.1.4 Others
5.2 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Application
5.2.1 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.2 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
5.2.3 Global Cobalt Hydroxide Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
5.3.1 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.2 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.4 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6 Company Profiles
6.1 Freeport Cobalt
6.1.1 Freeport Cobalt Comapny Information
6.1.2 Freeport Cobalt Business Overview
6.1.3 Freeport Cobalt Cobalt Hydroxide Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Freeport Cobalt Cobalt Hydroxide Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Freeport Cobalt Recent Developments
6.2 The Shepherd Chemical Company
6.2.1 The Shepherd Chemical Company Comapny Information
6.2.2 The Shepherd Chemical Company Business Overview
6.2.3 The Shepherd Chemical Company Cobalt Hydroxide Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 The Shepherd Chemical Company Cobalt Hydroxide Product Portfolio
6.2.5 The Shepherd Chemical Company Recent Developments
6.3 Umicore
6.3.1 Umicore Comapny Information
6.3.2 Umicore Business Overview
6.3.3 Umicore Cobalt Hydroxide Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Umicore Cobalt Hydroxide Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Umicore Recent Developments
6.4 Huayou Cobalt
6.4.1 Huayou Cobalt Comapny Information
6.4.2 Huayou Cobalt Business Overview
6.4.3 Huayou Cobalt Cobalt Hydroxide Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Huayou Cobalt Cobalt Hydroxide Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Huayou Cobalt Recent Developments
6.5 Great Power
6.5.1 Great Power Comapny Information
6.5.2 Great Power Business Overview
6.5.3 Great Power Cobalt Hydroxide Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Great Power Cobalt Hydroxide Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Great Power Recent Developments
6.6 Hanrui Cobalt
6.6.1 Hanrui Cobalt Comapny Information
6.6.2 Hanrui Cobalt Business Overview
6.6.3 Hanrui Cobalt Cobalt Hydroxide Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Hanrui Cobalt Cobalt Hydroxide Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Hanrui Cobalt Recent Developments
6.7 Xinwei Nickel & Cobalt
6.7.1 Xinwei Nickel & Cobalt Comapny Information
6.7.2 Xinwei Nickel & Cobalt Business Overview
6.7.3 Xinwei Nickel & Cobalt Cobalt Hydroxide Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 Xinwei Nickel & Cobalt Cobalt Hydroxide Product Portfolio
6.7.5 Xinwei Nickel & Cobalt Recent Developments
6.8 ALT Cobalt & Nickel Products
6.8.1 ALT Cobalt & Nickel Products Comapny Information
6.8.2 ALT Cobalt & Nickel Products Business Overview
6.8.3 ALT Cobalt & Nickel Products Cobalt Hydroxide Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 ALT Cobalt & Nickel Products Cobalt Hydroxide Product Portfolio
6.8.5 ALT Cobalt & Nickel Products Recent Developments
6.9 ICoNiChem
6.9.1 ICoNiChem Comapny Information
6.9.2 ICoNiChem Business Overview
6.9.3 ICoNiChem Cobalt Hydroxide Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 ICoNiChem Cobalt Hydroxide Product Portfolio
6.9.5 ICoNiChem Recent Developments
7 North America by Country
7.1 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country
7.1.1 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.1.2 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.3 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
7.2 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country
7.2.1 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2.2 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2.3 North America Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe by Country
8.1 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country
8.1.1 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.1.2 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.3 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8.2 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country
8.2.1 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2.2 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.2.3 Europe Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country
9.1 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country
9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country (2020-2025)
9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9.2 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country
9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America by Country
10.1 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country
10.1.1 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.1.2 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country (2020-2025)
10.1.3 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country
10.2.1 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2.2 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.2.3 South America Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country
11.1 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country
11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Sales by Country (2020-2025)
11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11.2 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country
11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Cobalt Hydroxide Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
12.1 Cobalt Hydroxide Value Chain Analysis
12.1.1 Cobalt Hydroxide Key Raw Materials
12.1.2 Key Raw Materials Price
12.1.3 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
12.1.4 Manufacturing Cost Structure
12.1.5 Cobalt Hydroxide Production Mode & Process
12.2 Cobalt Hydroxide Sales Channels Analysis
12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
12.2.2 Cobalt Hydroxide Distributors
12.2.3 Cobalt Hydroxide Customers
13 Concluding Insights
14 Appendix
14.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
14.2 Research Methodology
14.3 Research Process
14.4 Authors List of This Report
14.5 Data Source
14.5.1 Secondary Sources
14.5.2 Primary Sources
14.6 Disclaimer

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