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

49 materials produced 2 mines in the atlas 1 plants in the atlas

Export controls in force. Export ban: Steel waste and scrap, tungsten scrap, and enriched uranium (2022). (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, table 4 — as of January 2026)

What it produces

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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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Material	Series	Production	Unit	Share of world
Asbestos	Mine production	310,000	metric tons	32.3%
Nickel	Mine production	200,000	metric tons	5.1%
Zeolites (Natural)	Mine production	130,000	metric tons	10.0%
Cement	Cement production	59,000	thousand metric tons	1.6%
Antimony	Mine production	32,000	metric tons	29.1%
Graphite	Mine production	25,000	metric tons	1.4%
Titanium	Titanium sponge metal production	25,000	metric tons	6.8%
Vanadium	Mine production	21,000	metric tons	19.1%
Gemstones	Mine production	21,000	thousands of carats	30.4%
Nitrogen (Ammonia)	Plant production	15,000	thousand metric tons	9.4%
Phosphate Rock	Mine production	14,000	thousand metric tons	5.6%
Potash	Mine production	10,000	thousand metric tons	20.4%
Cobalt	Mine production	7,700	metric tons	2.5%
Sulfur	Production, all forms	7,500	thousand metric tons	8.9%
Industrial Sand & Gravel	Mine production	7,300	thousand metric tons	1.7%
Salt	Mine production	7,000	thousand metric tons	2.6%
Gallium	Primary production	6,000	kilograms	0.7%
Bauxite	Bauxite, mine production	5,700	thousand metric dry tons	1.3%
Tin	Mine production	4,500	metric tons	1.6%
Gypsum	Mine production	4,300	thousand metric tons	2.7%
Aluminium	Smelter production	3,900	thousand metric tons	5.3%
Alumina	Alumina, refinery production	2,900	thousand metric dry tons	1.9%
Rare Earths (all)	Mine production	2,600	metric tons	0.7%
Tungsten	Mine production	2,000	metric tons	2.4%
Peat	Mine production	1,800	thousand metric tons	10.6%
Magnesium Compounds	Mine production	1,700	thousand metric tons	8.1%
Molybdenum	Mine production	1,300	metric tons	0.5%
Copper	Mine production	1,300	thousand metric tons	5.7%
Silver	Mine production	1,200	metric tons	4.6%
Cadmium	Refinery production	1,000	metric tons	4.3%
Feldspar & Nepheline Syenite	Mine production	650.0	thousand metric tons	2.1%
Arsenic	Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight)	500.0	metric tons	0.8%
Zinc	Mine production	430.0	thousand metric tons	3.3%
Silicon	Ferrosilicon	420.0	thousand metric tons	8.4%
Selenium	Refinery production	320.0	metric tons	8.4%
Gold	Mine production	310.0	metric tons	9.4%
Niobium	Mine production	300.0	metric tons	0.3%
Lead	Mine production	260.0	thousand metric tons	5.8%
Barite	Mine production	230.0	thousand metric tons	2.6%
Tellurium	Refinery production	67.00	metric tons	6.7%
Magnesium Metal	Smelter production	60.00	thousand metric tons	5.5%
Diatomite	Mine production	50.00	thousand metric tons	2.0%
Vermiculite	Mine production	40.00	thousand metric tons	8.7%
Tantalum	Mine production	30.00	metric tons	1.2%
Helium	Helium Production	18.00	million cubic meters	9.5%
Diamond (Industrial)	Mine production	16.00	million carats	42.1%
Iodine	Mine production	8.00	metric tons	0.0%
Indium	Refinery production	5.00	metric tons	0.5%
Rhenium	Mine production	Not applicable	kilograms	—

What it holds in reserve

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published

Material	Series	Reserves	Unit	Share of world
Asbestos	Reserves	110,000,000	metric tons	73.3%
Graphite	Reserves	14,000,000	metric tons	4.5%
Platinum-Group Metals	PGM reserves	11,000,000	kilograms	14.5%
Nickel	Reserves	8,300,000	metric tons	5.9%
Rare Earths (all)	Reserves	3,800,000	metric tons	4.5%
Phosphate Rock	Reserves	2,400,000	thousand metric tons	3.3%
Magnesium Compounds	Reserves	2,300,000	thousand metric tons	29.5%
Peat	Reserves	1,000,000	thousand metric tons	7.7%
Cobalt	Reserves	800,000	metric tons	6.7%
Gemstones	Reserves	750,000	thousands of carats	37.5%
Bauxite	Bauxite reserves	650,000	thousand metric dry tons	2.2%
Tin	Reserves	460,000	metric tons	7.7%
Tungsten	Reserves	400,000	metric tons	8.5%
Antimony	Reserves	350,000	metric tons	17.5%
Rhenium	Reserves	310,000	kilograms	—
Iodine	Reserves	120,000	metric tons	1.9%
Silver	Reserves	92,000	metric tons	15.1%
Copper	Reserves	80,000	thousand metric tons	8.2%
Zinc	Reserves	29,000	thousand metric tons	12.1%
Barite	Reserves	12,000	thousand metric tons	—
Gold	Reserves	12,000	metric tons	18.2%
Lead	Reserves	8,900	thousand metric tons	9.4%
Vanadium	Reserves	5,000	metric tons	23.8%
Niobium	Reserves	3,000	metric tons	0.0%
Helium	Helium Reserves	1,700	million cubic meters	—
Molybdenum	Reserves (thousand metric tons)	1,100	thousand metric tons	6.5%
Diamond (Industrial)	Reserves	750.0	million carats	44.1%
Tantalum	Reserves	150.0	metric tons	—
Gypsum	Reserves	Not applicable	thousand metric tons	—
Potash	Reserves, Recoverable ore	Not applicable	thousand metric tons	—
Diatomite	Reserves	Not applicable	thousand metric tons	—
Vermiculite	Reserves	Not applicable	thousand metric tons	—
Feldspar & Nepheline Syenite	Reserves	Not applicable	thousand metric tons	—