China's struggling cobalt sector has been forced to start consolidating, which industry experts believe maytake a few years but will ultimately benefit the sector. Many small or mid-sized cobalt producers shut their facilities last year due to poor market conditions and government-ordered power cuts. Some have since sold their operations. "It may take three to five years for the sectorto consolidate and many small players will be washed away," a major cobalt producer in eastern China said. "I would say at least two years, as it is neveran easy decision to quit the market," a producerin northern China agreed.
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