https://www.miningweekly.com/article/what-a-difference-a-year-makes-analysts-outline-mostly-strong-commodity-fundamentals-despite-uncertainty-2017-03-07/rep_id:3650
Extract from article is below COBALT
CRU Group multicommodity projects and information andknowledge management director Paul Robinson agreed with Butcher that the macroeconomic outlook has improved, boosted by cautious market optimism.
He noted that the CRU basket of 36 mining, metals and fertiliser price forecasts is expected to rise 12% this year, with cobalt, copper and zinc are expected to outperform. “Cobalt leads a country mile while metallurgical coal is off the pace,” he said. Cobalt demand is expected to gain 5.2% this year,copper 2.2% and zinc 2.6%.
The cobalt price is expected to gain 60% in 2017; copper 7%; zinc 6%; and aluminium 2%. “Cobalt is the commodity that has almost all things investors want to see in a commodity play,” he advised.