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Critical mineral production: world mine and refinery output by country

Annual world production of the minerals that supply chains depend on and cannot easily substitute - lithium, cobalt, rare earths, graphite, platinum-group metals and more - by producing country, from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries.

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Aluminum — Smelter production,... Antimony — Mine production, antimony... Arsenic — Plant production, arsenic... Asbestos — Mine production, asbestos... Barite — Mine production, barite,... Bauxite — Mine production, bauxite,... Bauxite — Refinery production, alumina... Beryllium — Mine production, beryllium... Bismuth — Refinery production (production) Boron — Boron all types (production) Bromine — Production, bromine content,... Cadmium — Refinery production,... Cement — Cement production, estimated... Cement — Clinker capacity, estimated... Chromium — Mine production, grosss... Clays — Mine poduction, Bentonite (production) Clays — Mine poduction, Fuller's earth... Clays — Mine poduction, Kaolin (production) Cobalt — Mine production, cobalt... Cobalt — Mine production, estimated... Copper — Mine production, recoverable... Copper — Refinery production, copper... Diamond (industrial) — Mine... Diatomite — Mine production, estimated... Feldspar — Mine production, estimated... Fluorspar — Mine production, estimated... Gallium — Primary production (production) Garnet (industrial) — Mine production,... Gemstones — Mine production, thousand... Gold — mine production, gold content... Graphite — Mine production (production) Gypsum — Mine production, estimated... Helium — Production, helium gas... Indium — Refinery production (production) Iodine — Mine production, elemental... Iron and Steel — Pig iron (production) Iron and Steel — Raw steel (production) Iron Ore — Mine production, iron... Iron Ore — Mine production, usable ore... Iron oxide pigments — Mine production... Kyanite and Related Minerals — Mine... Lead — Mine production, lead content... Lime — Plant production, lime (production) Lithium — Mine production, lithium... Magnesium Compounds — Mine production,... Magnesium metal — Magnesium smelter... Manganese — Mine production, manganese... Mercury — Mine production, mercury... Mica (Natural) — Mine production, mica... Mica (Natural) — Mine production, mica... Molybdenum — Mine production,... Nickel — Mine production, nickel... Niobium — Mine production, niobium... Nitrogen(fixed) - Ammonia — Plant... Peat — Mine production (production) Perlite — Mine production, estimated... Phosphate rock — Mine production,... Platinum-Group metals — Mine... Platinum-Group metals — Mine... Potash — Mine production, potassium... Pumice & Pumicite — Mine production,... Rare earths — Mine production,... Rhenium — Mine production, rhenium... Salt — Mine production, estimated (production) Sand and gravel (industrial) — Mine... Selenium — Refinery production,... Silicon — Plant production,... Silicon — Plant production, silicon... Silver — Mine production, silver... Soda ash — Mine production, natural... Soda ash — Production, Synthetic (production) Soda ash — Soda ash, natural, mine... Soda ash — Soda ash, total natural and... Strontium — Mine production, strontium... Sulfur — Production, all forms, sulfur... Talc and Pyrophyllite — Mine... Talc, crude — Mine production,... Tantalum — Mine production, tantalum... Tellurium — Refinery production,... Tin — Mine production, tin content (production) Titanium Mineral Concentrates — Mine... Titanium Mineral Concentrates — Mine... Titanium & titanium dioxide — Sponge... Tungsten — Mine production, tungsten... Vanadium — Mine production, vanadium... Vermiculite — Mine production (production) Wollastonite — Mine production (production) Zeolites (natural) — Mine production... Zinc — Mine production, zinc content... Zirconium and Hafnium — Mine...
Platinum-Group metals — Mine production, Platinum content (production)

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Figures are as published by the USGS: mine production unless the series name says otherwise, with the most recent year estimated (flagged with status 'e'). An indicator is keyed on the commodity AND the measured product, because one commodity can report several - platinum-group metals are reported separately as platinum content and palladium content, and titanium concentrates as ilmenite and rutile. Country names are matched to platform area codes through a reviewed concordance. USGS residual buckets ('Other countries', 'United States and Canada') are not loaded, because they are not geographies; a world total is loaded only where the commodity reports exactly one, so summing countries will understate the world figure.

IndicatorCodeUnit
Aluminum — Smelter production, aluminum (production)aluminum.smelter-production-aluminum.productionthousand metric tons
Antimony — Mine production, antimony content (production)antimony.mine-production-antimony-content.productionmetric tons
Arsenic — Plant production, arsenic trioxide or calculated equivalent. (production)arsenic.plant-production-arsenic-trioxide-or-calculated-equivalent.productionmetric tons
Asbestos — Mine production, asbestos (production)asbestos.mine-production-asbestos.productionmetric tons
Barite — Mine production, barite, estimated (production)barite.mine-production-barite-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Bauxite — Mine production, bauxite, dry tons (production)bauxite.mine-production-bauxite-dry-tons.productionthousand metric dry tons
Bauxite — Refinery production, alumina - calcined equivalent weights (production)bauxite.refinery-production-alumina-calcined-equivalent-weights.productionthousand metric dry tons
Beryllium — Mine production, beryllium content (production)beryllium.mine-production-beryllium-content.productionmetric tons
Bismuth — Refinery production (production)bismuth.refinery-production.productionmetric tons
Boron — Boron all types (production)boron.boron-all-types.productionthousand metric tons
Bromine — Production, bromine content, estimated (production)bromine.production-bromine-content-estimated.productionmetric tons
Cadmium — Refinery production, estimated (production)cadmium.refinery-production-estimated.productionmetric tons
Cement — Cement production, estimated (production)cement.cement-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Cement — Clinker capacity, estimated (production)cement.clinker-capacity-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Chromium — Mine production, grosss weight, marketable chromite ore (production)chromium.mine-production-grosss-weight-marketable-chromite-ore.productionthousand metric tons
Clays — Mine poduction, Bentonite (production)clays.mine-poduction-bentonite.productionthousand metric tons
Clays — Mine poduction, Fuller's earth (production)clays.mine-poduction-fuller-s-earth.productionthousand metric tons
Clays — Mine poduction, Kaolin (production)clays.mine-poduction-kaolin.productionthousand metric tons
Cobalt — Mine production, cobalt content, estimated (production)cobalt.mine-production-cobalt-content-estimated.productionmetric tons
Cobalt — Mine production, estimated (production)cobalt.mine-production-estimated.productionmetric tons
Copper — Mine production, recoverable copper content (production)copper.mine-production-recoverable-copper-content.productionthousand metric tons
Copper — Refinery production, copper (production)copper.refinery-production-copper.productionthousand metric tons
Diamond (industrial) — Mine production, industrial diamond (production)diamond-industrial.mine-production-industrial-diamond.productionmillion carats
Diatomite — Mine production, estimated (production)diatomite.mine-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Feldspar — Mine production, estimated (production)feldspar.mine-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Fluorspar — Mine production, estimated (production)fluorspar.mine-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Gallium — Primary production (production)gallium.primary-production.productionkilograms
Garnet (industrial) — Mine production, estimated (production)garnet-industrial.mine-production-estimated.productionmetric tons
Gemstones — Mine production, thousand carats of gem-quality diamond (production)gemstones.mine-production-thousand-carats-of-gem-quality-diamond.productionthousand carats
Gold — mine production, gold content (production)gold.mine-production-gold-content.productionmetric tons
Graphite — Mine production (production)graphite.mine-production.productionmetric tons
Gypsum — Mine production, estimated (production)gypsum.mine-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Helium — Production, helium gas content (production)helium.production-helium-gas-content.productionmillion cubic meters
Indium — Refinery production (production)indium.refinery-production.productionmetric tons
Iodine — Mine production, elemental iodine (production)iodine.mine-production-elemental-iodine.productionmetric tons
Iron and Steel — Pig iron (production)iron-and-steel.pig-iron.productionmillion metric tons
Iron and Steel — Raw steel (production)iron-and-steel.raw-steel.productionmillion metric tons
Iron Ore — Mine production, iron content (production)iron-ore.mine-production-iron-content.productionthousand metric tons
Iron Ore — Mine production, usable ore (production)iron-ore.mine-production-usable-ore.productionthousand metric tons
Iron oxide pigments — Mine production (production)iron-oxide-pigments.mine-production.productionmetric tons
Kyanite and Related Minerals — Mine production (production)kyanite-and-related-minerals.mine-production.productionmetric tons
Lead — Mine production, lead content (production)lead.mine-production-lead-content.productionthousand metric tons
Lime — Plant production, lime (production)lime.plant-production-lime.productionthousand metric tons
Lithium — Mine production, lithium content (production)lithium.mine-production-lithium-content.productionmetric tons
Magnesium Compounds — Mine production, magnesite - gross weight (production)magnesium-compounds.mine-production-magnesite-gross-weight.productionthousand metric tons
Magnesium metal — Magnesium smelter production (production)magnesium-metal.magnesium-smelter-production.productionthousand metric tons
Manganese — Mine production, manganese content (production)manganese.mine-production-manganese-content.productionthousand metric tons
Mercury — Mine production, mercury content (production)mercury.mine-production-mercury-content.productionmetric tons
Mica (Natural) — Mine production, mica scrap and flake (production)mica-natural.mine-production-mica-scrap-and-flake.productionmetric tons
Mica (Natural) — Mine production, mica sheet (production)mica-natural.mine-production-mica-sheet.productionmetric tons
Molybdenum — Mine production, molybdenum content (production)molybdenum.mine-production-molybdenum-content.productionmetric tons
Nickel — Mine production, nickel content (production)nickel.mine-production-nickel-content.productionmetric tons
Niobium — Mine production, niobium content (production)niobium.mine-production-niobium-content.productionmetric tons
Nitrogen(fixed) - Ammonia — Plant production, nitrogen content (production)nitrogen-fixed-ammonia.plant-production-nitrogen-content.productionthousand metric tons
Peat — Mine production (production)peat.mine-production.productionthousand metric tons
Perlite — Mine production, estimated (production)perlite.mine-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Phosphate rock — Mine production, marketable phosphate rock (production)phosphate-rock.mine-production-marketable-phosphate-rock.productionthousand metric tons
Platinum-Group metals — Mine production, Palladium content (production)platinum-group-metals.mine-production-palladium-content.productionkilograms
Platinum-Group metals — Mine production, Platinum content (production)platinum-group-metals.mine-production-platinum-content.productionkilograms
Potash — Mine production, potassium oxide (K2O) equivalent (production)potash.mine-production-potassium-oxide-k2o-equivalent.productionthousand metric tons
Pumice & Pumicite — Mine production, estimated (production)pumice-pumicite.mine-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Rare earths — Mine production, rare-earth-oxide equivalent (production)rare-earths.mine-production-rare-earth-oxide-equivalent.productionmetric tons
Rhenium — Mine production, rhenium content (production)rhenium.mine-production-rhenium-content.productionkilograms
Salt — Mine production, estimated (production)salt.mine-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Sand and gravel (industrial) — Mine production, estimated (production)sand-and-gravel-industrial.mine-production-estimated.productionmetric tons
Selenium — Refinery production, selenium content (production)selenium.refinery-production-selenium-content.productionmetric tons
Silicon — Plant production, Ferosilicon, silicon content (production)silicon.plant-production-ferosilicon-silicon-content.productionthousand metric tons
Silicon — Plant production, silicon metal (production)silicon.plant-production-silicon-metal.productionthousand metric tons
Silver — Mine production, silver content (production)silver.mine-production-silver-content.productionmetric tons
Soda ash — Mine production, natural (production)soda-ash.mine-production-natural.productionthousand metric tons
Soda ash — Production, Synthetic (production)soda-ash.production-synthetic.productionthousand metric tons
Soda ash — Soda ash, natural, mine production (production)soda-ash.soda-ash-natural-mine-production.productionthousand metric tons
Soda ash — Soda ash, total natural and synthetic (production)soda-ash.soda-ash-total-natural-and-synthetic.productionthousand metric tons
Strontium — Mine production, strontium content (production)strontium.mine-production-strontium-content.productionmetric tons
Sulfur — Production, all forms, sulfur content (production)sulfur.production-all-forms-sulfur-content.productionthousand metric tons
Talc and Pyrophyllite — Mine production, estimated (production)talc-and-pyrophyllite.mine-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Talc, crude — Mine production, estimated (production)talc-crude.mine-production-estimated.productionthousand metric tons
Tantalum — Mine production, tantalum content (production)tantalum.mine-production-tantalum-content.productionmetric tons
Tellurium — Refinery production, tellurium content (production)tellurium.refinery-production-tellurium-content.productionmetric tons
Tin — Mine production, tin content (production)tin.mine-production-tin-content.productionmetric tons
Titanium Mineral Concentrates — Mine production, ilmentite, titanium dioxide (TiO2) content (production)titanium-mineral-concentrates.mine-production-ilmentite-titanium-dioxide-tio2-content.productionmetric tons
Titanium Mineral Concentrates — Mine production, rutile, titanium dioxide (TiO2) content (production)titanium-mineral-concentrates.mine-production-rutile-titanium-dioxide-tio2-content.productionmetric tons
Titanium & titanium dioxide — Sponge Metal Production (production)titanium-titanium-dioxide.sponge-metal-production.productionmetric tons
Tungsten — Mine production, tungsten content (production)tungsten.mine-production-tungsten-content.productionmetric tons
Vanadium — Mine production, vanadium content (production)vanadium.mine-production-vanadium-content.productionmetric tons
Vermiculite — Mine production (production)vermiculite.mine-production.productionthousand metric tons
Wollastonite — Mine production (production)wollastonite.mine-production.productionmetric tons
Zeolites (natural) — Mine production (production)zeolites-natural.mine-production.productionmetric tons
Zinc — Mine production, zinc content (production)zinc.mine-production-zinc-content.productionthousand metric tons
Zirconium and Hafnium — Mine production, zirconium, gross weight (production)zirconium-and-hafnium.mine-production-zirconium-gross-weight.productionthousand metric tons