Experts of the Uzbek-Korean Scientific and Technological Center at the Scientific and Production Association for the Production of Rare Metals and Hard Alloys managed to extract 96 percent of cobalt from tungsten-containing waste. The work on the processing of cobalt extracted from tungsten waste has been going on for a long time.

Cobalt plays an important role in the production of metal cutting tools, increasing their resistance and durability. Therefore, the main goal is the manufacture of metal-cutting tools from mined cobalt based on new technology, their involvement in the production process.

It should be noted that at the moment the demand for cobalt in the global market exceeds the supply by at least 10 percent, so the missing amount of cobalt is extracted from waste.

Cobalt and its compounds are used in various industries. In a word, tungsten hard alloys are an important factor in the creation of waste-free technology in the manufacturing sector. At present, testing processes for this technology have been successfully carried out, and it has been successfully introduced into production.

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