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Saudi Arabia

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

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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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MaterialSeries ProductionUnitShare of world
Cement Cement production54,000 thousand metric tons 1.4%
Titanium Titanium sponge metal production12,000 metric tons 3.2%
Phosphate Rock Mine production10,000 thousand metric tons 4.0%
Sulfur Production, all forms7,200 thousand metric tons 8.6%
Bauxite Bauxite, mine production5,700 thousand metric dry tons 1.3%
Nitrogen (Ammonia) Plant production5,200 thousand metric tons 3.2%
Gypsum Mine production3,800 thousand metric tons 2.4%
Salt Mine production2,400 thousand metric tons 0.9%
Industrial Sand & Gravel Mine production2,100 thousand metric tons 0.5%
Alumina Alumina, refinery production1,900 thousand metric dry tons 1.3%
Pumice & Pumicite Mine production980.0 thousand metric tons 4.9%
Feldspar & Nepheline Syenite Mine production650.0 thousand metric tons 2.1%

What it holds in reserve

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published

MaterialSeries ReservesUnitShare of world
Phosphate Rock Reserves 1,000,000thousand metric tons 1.4%
Bauxite Bauxite reserves 180,000thousand metric dry tons 0.6%
Feldspar & Nepheline Syenite Reserves Not applicablethousand metric tons
Gypsum Reserves Not applicablethousand metric tons

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Saudi Arab Light to petrol, almost anywhere starts here The same commodity, a fraction of the effort — because of what the molecule is. Crude Oil

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