# Cobalt and Computers and electronics

Computers and electronics depends on cobalt.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/cobalt-and-computers-and-electronics/

[Cobalt](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cobalt/) (commodity) and [Computers and electronics](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/computers_electronics/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Cobalt → Computers and electronics*

2 of the enterprise types in Computers and electronics depend on cobalt; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

- **2** enterprise types depend on it
- **4 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Display and battery-cell makers: lithium cobalt oxide cathodes in phone cells (criticality 4 of 5)
- E-waste collectors and recyclers: recovered from batteries (criticality 2 of 5)

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