Oceania
New Caledonia
What comes out of the ground here, what is still in it, and who operates the assets.
1 materials produced
0 mines in the atlas
0 plants in the atlas
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel | Mine production | 140,000 | metric tons | 3.6% |
What it holds in reserve
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published
| Material | Series | Reserves | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel | Reserves | 7,100,000 | metric tons | 5.1% |
Journeys that pass through New Caledonia
All journeys →Material that is dug up here, refined here, or simply crosses the border on its way somewhere else.
New Caledonian laterite to stainless steel starts here An island that smelts its own ore, and pays for it with the most expensive electricity in the industry.