South America
Chile
Wat hier uit de grond komt, wat er nog in zit, en wie de activa exploiteert.
Wat het produceert
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| Materiaal | Reeks | Productie | Eenheid | Aandeel van de wereld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithium | Mine production | 56,000 | metric tons | 19.3% |
| Molybdenum | Mine production | 42,000 | metric tons | 16.2% |
| Rhenium | Mine production | 30,000 | kilograms | 37.0% |
| Iodine | Mine production | 23,000 | metric tons | 67.6% |
| Salt | Mine production | 9,000 | thousand metric tons | 3.3% |
| Copper | Mine production | 5,300 | thousand metric tons | 23.0% |
| Sulfur | Production, all forms | 1,400 | thousand metric tons | 1.7% |
| Silver | Mine production | 1,400 | metric tons | 5.4% |
| Potash | Mine production | 600.0 | thousand metric tons | 1.2% |
| Pumice & Pumicite | Mine production | 530.0 | thousand metric tons | 2.6% |
| Zeolites (Natural) | Mine production | 240.0 | metric tons | 0.0% |
Wat het in reserve houdt
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves zoals meest recentelijk gepubliceerd
| Materiaal | Reeks | Reserves | Eenheid | Aandeel van de wereld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithium | Reserves | 9,200,000 | metric tons | 24.9% |
| Rhenium | Reserves | 1,300,000 | kilograms | — |
| Iodine | Reserves | 750,000 | metric tons | 11.9% |
| Copper | Reserves | 180,000 | thousand metric tons | 18.4% |
| Silver | Reserves | 33,000 | metric tons | 5.4% |
| Molybdenum | Reserves (thousand metric tons) | 2,600 | thousand metric tons | 15.3% |
| Potash | Reserves, Recoverable ore | Not applicable | thousand metric tons | — |
Mijnen in de atlas
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Chuquicamata
Historically the largest open-pit copper mine in the world by excavated volume.
Collahuasi
Among the largest copper mines by output.
El Teniente
The largest underground copper mine in the world by excavated extent.
Escondida
Consistently the largest copper mine in the world by output.
Salar de Atacama
The highest-grade and most productive lithium brine operation in the world.
Trajecten die hier doorheen lopen Chile
Alle trajecten →Materiaal dat hier wordt gewonnen, hier wordt geraffineerd, of dat simpelweg de grens passeert op weg naar elders.
Chilean brine to a battery in a car begint hier The ore is water. The first year and a half of processing is done by the sun, for free. Chilean sulfide concentrate to Chinese cathode to a wire begint hier Chile mines the most copper in the world. China refines the most. Those are not the same sentence.Een belangrijke Amerikaanse importbron voor
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · belangrijkste Amerikaanse importbronnen, 2021–2024