Asia
Malaysia
What comes out of the ground here, what is still in it, and who operates the assets.
7 materials produced
0 mines in the atlas
1 plants in the atlas
Export controls in force.
Export ban: Raw rare earths (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Sand & Gravel | Mine production | 6,000 | thousand metric tons | 1.4% |
| Tin | Mine production | 5,000 | metric tons | 1.7% |
| Nitrogen (Ammonia) | Plant production | 1,500 | thousand metric tons | 0.9% |
| Lime | Production | 1,400 | thousand metric tons | 0.3% |
| Aluminium | Smelter production | 1,100 | thousand metric tons | 1.5% |
| Silicon | Ferrosilicon | 120.0 | thousand metric tons | 2.4% |
| Rare Earths (all) | Mine production | 110.0 | metric tons | 0.0% |
What it holds in reserve
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published
| Material | Series | Reserves | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Earths (all) | Reserves | 710,000 | metric tons | 0.8% |
| Tin | Reserves | Not applicable | metric tons | — |
Processing and manufacturing sites
Lynas Advanced Materials Plant, Kuantan · Separation plantJourneys that pass through Malaysia
All journeys →Material that is dug up here, refined here, or simply crosses the border on its way somewhere else.
Australian rare earths to a magnet in a motor Mined in Australia, cracked in Malaysia, magnetised in China, and fitted in Germany.A leading U.S. import source for
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · major U.S. import sources, 2021–2024