In January-August Russia decreased the raw nickel output by 10.8% YoY, but increased that of raw cobalt by 71.1%.
According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in August raw nickel output dropped by 16.9% YoY but went up by 8.5% MoM, while that of raw cobalt increased 2.4 times YoY and by 8.6% MoM. (Ukrainian metal)