Asia
Laos
What comes out of the ground here, what is still in it, and who operates the assets.
5 materials produced
0 mines in the atlas
0 plants in the atlas
Export controls in force.
Export ban: Raw minerals, including copper, gold, iron, nickel, potassium, silver, and zinc (2024).
(USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, table 4 — as of January 2026)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potash | Mine production | 2,400 | thousand metric tons | 4.9% |
| Tin | Mine production | 1,800 | metric tons | 0.6% |
| Bismuth | Refinery production | 500.0 | metric tons | 3.1% |
| Barite | Mine production | 260.0 | thousand metric tons | 3.0% |
| Antimony | Mine production | 200.0 | metric tons | 0.2% |
What it holds in reserve
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published