Cobalt is turning out to be a classic case study on the pitfalls...

Cobalt is turning out to be a classic case study on the pitfalls of free market capitalism vs socialism and a government controlled economy. On the one hand, you have the democracies with their capitalism hand-wringing over the economic viability of developing cobalt prospects, on the other you have the socialist controlled behemoth making all the right moves with complete disregard for what the current market looks like.
The socialists know which buttons to press to make the West ignore important resources, and that's exactly what they're doing, in a completely controlled manner, free from the mob-like behavior of free market capitalism!