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USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · 2025 (estimated) · each row keeps the unit the source uses for that commodity · source ↗

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MaterialSeries ProductionUnitShare of world
Strontium Mine production250,000 metric tons 55.6%
Cement Cement production68,000 thousand metric tons 1.8%
Gypsum Mine production16,000 thousand metric tons 10.0%
Nitrogen (Ammonia) Plant production4,800 thousand metric tons 3.0%
Salt Mine production4,200 thousand metric tons 1.6%
Lime Production4,000 thousand metric tons 1.0%
Feldspar & Nepheline Syenite Mine production3,900 thousand metric tons 12.6%
Molybdenum Mine production3,300 metric tons 1.3%
Sulfur Production, all forms2,100 thousand metric tons 2.5%
Iodine Mine production700.0 metric tons 2.1%
Barite Mine production300.0 thousand metric tons 3.4%
Magnesium Compounds Mine production200.0 thousand metric tons 1.0%
Antimony Mine production90.00 metric tons 0.1%
Perlite Production70.00 thousand metric tons 1.5%
Fluorspar Mine production70.00 thousand metric tons 0.7%
Lead Mine production70.00 thousand metric tons 1.6%
Magnesium Metal Smelter production5.00 thousand metric tons 0.5%

What it holds in reserve

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published

MaterialSeries ReservesUnitShare of world
Strontium Reserves 2,000,000metric tons
Gypsum Reserves 750,000thousand metric tons
Feldspar & Nepheline Syenite Reserves 130,000thousand metric tons
Barite Reserves 100,000thousand metric tons
Iodine Reserves 40,000metric tons 0.6%
Perlite Reserves 15,000thousand metric tons
Magnesium Compounds Reserves 10,000thousand metric tons 0.1%
Fluorspar Reserves 7,600thousand metric tons 2.3%
Lead Reserves 2,000thousand metric tons 2.1%
Molybdenum Reserves (thousand metric tons) 43.00thousand metric tons 0.3%
Antimony Reserves Not applicablemetric tons

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