South America

Peru

What comes out of the ground here, what is still in it, and who operates the assets.

12 materials produced 1 mines in the atlas 0 plants in the atlas

What it produces

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
Molybdenum	Mine production	39,000	metric tons	15.0%
Tin	Mine production	33,000	metric tons	11.4%
Arsenic	Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight)	30,000	metric tons	49.2%
Phosphate Rock	Mine production	4,800	thousand metric tons	1.9%
Silver	Mine production	3,600	metric tons	13.8%
Copper	Mine production	2,700	thousand metric tons	11.7%
Zinc	Mine production	1,500	thousand metric tons	11.5%
Cadmium	Refinery production	600.0	metric tons	2.6%
Lead	Mine production	290.0	thousand metric tons	6.4%
Gold	Mine production	110.0	metric tons	3.3%
Diatomite	Mine production	99.00	thousand metric tons	4.0%
Selenium	Refinery production	48.00	metric tons	1.3%

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published

Material	Series	Reserves	Unit	Share of world
Phosphate Rock	Reserves	210,000	thousand metric tons	0.3%
Tin	Reserves	150,000	metric tons	2.5%
Silver	Reserves	110,000	metric tons	18.0%
Copper	Reserves	85,000	thousand metric tons	8.7%
Zinc	Reserves	18,000	thousand metric tons	7.5%
Lead	Reserves	5,000	thousand metric tons	5.3%
Gold	Reserves	2,200	metric tons	3.3%
Molybdenum	Reserves (thousand metric tons)	1,000	thousand metric tons	5.9%
Diatomite	Reserves	Not applicable	thousand metric tons	—