Asia
India
What comes out of the ground here, what is still in it, and who operates the assets.
29 materials produced
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What it produces
Maps →USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · 2025 (estimated) · each row keeps the unit the source uses for that commodity · source ↗
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| Material | Series | Production | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cement | Cement production | 470,000 | thousand metric tons | 12.4% |
| Wollastonite | Mine production | 120,000 | metric tons | 14.0% |
| Salt | Mine production | 30,000 | thousand metric tons | 11.1% |
| Bauxite | Bauxite, mine production | 25,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 5.7% |
| Lime | Production | 17,000 | thousand metric tons | 4.0% |
| Graphite | Mine production | 17,000 | metric tons | 0.9% |
| Garnet (Industrial) | Mine production | 15,000 | metric tons | 2.1% |
| Nitrogen (Ammonia) | Plant production | 15,000 | thousand metric tons | 9.4% |
| Industrial Sand & Gravel | Mine production | 12,000 | thousand metric tons | 2.8% |
| Alumina | Alumina, refinery production | 8,200 | thousand metric dry tons | 5.5% |
| Bromine | Production | 7,000 | metric tons | 1.6% |
| Feldspar & Nepheline Syenite | Mine production | 6,000 | thousand metric tons | 19.4% |
| Gypsum | Mine production | 4,300 | thousand metric tons | 2.7% |
| Aluminium | Smelter production | 4,200 | thousand metric tons | 5.7% |
| Sulfur | Production, all forms | 3,700 | thousand metric tons | 4.4% |
| Barite | Mine production | 3,000 | thousand metric tons | 34.5% |
| Chromium | Mine production | 3,000 | thousand metric tons | 5.9% |
| Rare Earths (all) | Mine production | 2,900 | metric tons | 0.7% |
| Phosphate Rock | Mine production | 1,500 | thousand metric tons | 0.6% |
| Zinc | Mine production | 870.0 | thousand metric tons | 6.7% |
| Silver | Mine production | 800.0 | metric tons | 3.1% |
| Manganese | Mine production | 790.0 | thousand metric tons | 4.0% |
| Titanium | Titanium sponge metal production | 300.0 | metric tons | 0.1% |
| Lead | Mine production | 220.0 | thousand metric tons | 4.9% |
| Selenium | Refinery production | 90.00 | metric tons | 2.4% |
| Magnesium Compounds | Mine production | 85.00 | thousand metric tons | 0.4% |
| Silicon | Ferrosilicon | 59.00 | thousand metric tons | 1.2% |
| Copper | Mine production | 23.00 | thousand metric tons | 0.1% |
| Vermiculite | Mine production | 2.00 | thousand metric tons | 0.4% |
What it holds in reserve
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published
| Material | Series | Reserves | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet (Industrial) | Reserves | 8,600,000 | metric tons | — |
| Graphite | Reserves | 8,600,000 | metric tons | 2.8% |
| Bauxite | Bauxite reserves | 650,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 2.2% |
| Feldspar & Nepheline Syenite | Reserves | 320,000 | thousand metric tons | — |
| Magnesium Compounds | Reserves | 66,000 | thousand metric tons | 0.8% |
| Barite | Reserves | 51,000 | thousand metric tons | — |
| Gypsum | Reserves | 37,000 | thousand metric tons | — |
| Manganese | Reserves | 34,000 | thousand metric tons | 2.0% |
| Phosphate Rock | Reserves | 31,000 | thousand metric tons | 0.0% |
| Chromium | Reserves: Cr2O3 content | 27,000 | thousand metric tons | 5.0% |
| Zinc | Reserves | 10,000 | thousand metric tons | 4.2% |
| Silver | Reserves | 8,000 | metric tons | 1.3% |
| Copper | Reserves | 2,200 | thousand metric tons | 0.2% |
| Lead | Reserves | 1,900 | thousand metric tons | 2.0% |
| Vermiculite | Reserves | 1,600 | thousand metric tons | — |
| Bromine | Reserves | Not applicable | metric tons | — |
| Rare Earths (all) | Reserves | Not applicable | metric tons | — |
A leading U.S. import source for
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · major U.S. import sources, 2021–2024