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Data on this site comes from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Minerals Information Center annual Mineral Commodity Summaries releases (2022-2026).

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USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 Data Release

2024-2025 World Production & Reserves; 2021-2025 U.S. Salient Statistics; Export Controls & Recycling

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USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 Data Releases

2020-2024 Historical World & Country Production Series

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Attribution, Adaptations & Non-Endorsement

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022-2026 Data Releases (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). USGS-authored statistical tables are in the U.S. public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105); see USGS Copyrights and Credits.

CriticalMineralsData.org compiles multi-year 2020-2025 country trajectories, world percentage shares, Herfindahl-Hirschman (`HHI`) supply concentration indices, and reserve-to-production (`R/P`) ratios as documented on the Methods page. These adaptations are independent of the U.S. Geological Survey; CriticalMineralsData.org is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USGS or the U.S. Department of the Interior, and nothing on this website constitutes investment advice. Interactive charts are rendered with TradingView Lightweight Charts (tradingview.com, Apache 2.0).

Complete 40-Mineral Chapter Catalogue

Aluminum (Al) p. 45 ↗

Chapter: ALUMINUM

Measure: Smelter production (thousand metric tons)

74,000 China (61%)

Antimony (Sb) p. 47 ↗

Chapter: ANTIMONY

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

110,000 China (36%)

Arsenic (As) p. 49 ↗

Chapter: ARSENIC

Measure: Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight) (metric tons)

61,000 Peru (49%)

Barite (BaSO₄) p. 53 ↗

Chapter: BARITE

Measure: Mine production (thousand metric tons)

8,700 India (35%)

Bauxite (Ore) p. 55 ↗

Chapter: BAUXITE AND ALUMINA

Measure: Bauxite, mine production (thousand metric dry tons)

440,000 Guinea (34%)

Beryllium (Be) p. 57 ↗

Chapter: BERYLLIUM

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

430 United States (54%)

Bismuth (Bi) p. 59 ↗

Chapter: BISMUTH

Measure: Refinery production (metric tons)

16,000 China (88%)

Boron (B) p. 61 ↗

Chapter: BORON

Measure: Salient Statistics (metric tons)

Salient Only -

Cesium (Cs) p. 69 ↗

Chapter: CESIUM

Measure: Salient Statistics (metric tons)

Salient Only -

Chromium (Cr) p. 71 ↗

Chapter: CHROMIUM

Measure: Mine production (thousand metric tons)

51,000 South Africa (45%)

Cobalt (Co) p. 75 ↗

Chapter: COBALT

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

310,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (74%)

Copper (Cu) p. 77 ↗

Chapter: COPPER

Measure: Mine production (thousand metric tons)

23,000 Chile (23%)

Fluorspar (CaF₂) p. 85 ↗

Chapter: FLUORSPAR

Measure: Mine production (thousand metric tons)

10,000 China (60%)

Gallium (Ga) p. 87 ↗

Chapter: GALLIUM

Measure: Primary production (kilograms)

900,000 China (100%)

Germanium (Ge) p. 93 ↗

Chapter: GERMANIUM

Measure: Salient Statistics (metric tons)

Salient Only -

Natural graphite (C) p. 97 ↗

Chapter: GRAPHITE (NATURAL)

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

1,800,000 China (78%)

Indium (In) p. 103 ↗

Chapter: INDIUM

Measure: Refinery production (metric tons)

1,100 China (69%)

Lead (Pb) p. 119 ↗

Chapter: LEAD

Measure: Mine production (thousand metric tons)

4,500 China (42%)

Lithium (Li) p. 123 ↗

Chapter: LITHIUM

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

290,000 Australia (32%)

Magnesium metal (Mg) p. 127 ↗

Chapter: MAGNESIUM METAL

Measure: Smelter production (thousand metric tons)

1,100 China (86%)

Manganese (Mn) p. 129 ↗

Chapter: MANGANESE

Measure: Mine production (thousand metric tons)

20,000 South Africa (38%)

Nickel (Ni) p. 137 ↗

Chapter: NICKEL

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

3,900,000 Indonesia (67%)

Niobium (Nb) p. 139 ↗

Chapter: NIOBIUM (COLUMBIUM)

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

112,000 Brazil (93%)

Phosphate rock (P) p. 147 ↗

Chapter: PHOSPHATE ROCK

Measure: Mine production (thousand metric tons)

250,000 China (44%)

Platinum-group metals (PGM) p. 149 ↗

Chapter: PLATINUM-GROUP METALS

Measure: Mine production: Palladium (kilograms)

190,000 Russia (44%)

Potash (K₂O) p. 151 ↗

Chapter: POTASH

Measure: Mine production (thousand metric tons)

49,000 Canada (31%)

Rare earths (REE) p. 157 ↗

Chapter: RARE EARTHS

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

390,000 China (69%)

Rhenium (Re) p. 161 ↗

Chapter: RHENIUM

Measure: Mine production (kilograms)

81,000 Chile (37%)

Rubidium (Rb) p. 163 ↗

Chapter: RUBIDIUM

Measure: Salient Statistics (metric tons)

Salient Only -

Scandium (Sc) p. 171 ↗

Chapter: SCANDIUM

Measure: Salient Statistics (metric tons)

Salient Only -

Silicon (Si) p. 175 ↗

Chapter: SILICON

Measure: Silicon metal (thousand metric tons)

4,600 China (87%)

Silver (Ag) p. 177 ↗

Chapter: SILVER

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

26,000 Mexico (24%)

Tantalum (Ta) p. 191 ↗

Chapter: TANTALUM

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

2,500 Democratic Republic of the Congo (52%)

Tellurium (Te) p. 193 ↗

Chapter: TELLURIUM

Measure: Refinery production (metric tons)

1,000 China (80%)

Tin (Sn) p. 199 ↗

Chapter: TIN

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

290,000 China (25%)

Titanium minerals (Ti) p. 203 ↗

Chapter: TITANIUM MINERAL CONCENTRATES

Measure: Mine production: ilmenite (thousand metric tons)

9,400 China (34%)

Tungsten (W) p. 205 ↗

Chapter: TUNGSTEN

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

85,000 China (79%)

Vanadium (V) p. 207 ↗

Chapter: VANADIUM

Measure: Mine production (metric tons)

110,000 China (75%)

Zinc (Zn) p. 217 ↗

Chapter: ZINC

Measure: Mine production (thousand metric tons)

13,000 China (32%)

Zirconium & hafnium (Zr / Hf) p. 219 ↗

Chapter: ZIRCONIUM AND HAFNIUM

Measure: Zirconium mineral concentrates, mine production (thousand metric tons, gross weight) (thousand metric tons)

1,200 Australia (33%)