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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
Strontium Mine production100,000 metric tons 22.2%
Gypsum Mine production11,000 thousand metric tons 6.9%
Industrial Sand & Gravel Mine production6,300 thousand metric tons 1.5%
Salt Mine production4,000 thousand metric tons 1.5%
Lime Production1,700 thousand metric tons 0.4%
Alumina Alumina, refinery production810.0 thousand metric dry tons 0.5%
Tungsten Mine production800.0 metric tons 0.9%
Magnesium Compounds Mine production640.0 thousand metric tons 3.0%
Potash Mine production450.0 thousand metric tons 0.9%
Pumice & Pumicite Mine production300.0 thousand metric tons 1.5%
Fluorspar Mine production140.0 thousand metric tons 1.4%
Diatomite Mine production50.00 thousand metric tons 2.0%
Silicon Ferrosilicon40.00 thousand metric tons 0.8%
Bauxite Bauxite, mine productionZero thousand metric dry tons

What it holds in reserve

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published

MaterialSeries ReservesUnitShare of world
Tungsten Reserves 66,000metric tons 1.4%
Diatomite Reserves 57,000thousand metric tons
Magnesium Compounds Reserves 35,000thousand metric tons 0.4%
Fluorspar Reserves 15,000thousand metric tons 4.5%
Gypsum Reserves Not applicablethousand metric tons
Bauxite Bauxite reserves Zerothousand metric dry tons
Potash Reserves, Recoverable ore Not applicablethousand metric tons
Strontium Reserves Not applicablemetric tons

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