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

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Export controls in force. Export ban: Raw materials of iron, lead-zinc, chromite, manganese, apatite, and rare earths and deeply processed titanium (2012). (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, table 4 — as of January 2026)

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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 production100,000 thousand metric tons 2.6%
Tin Mine production11,000 metric tons 3.8%
Bauxite Bauxite, mine production3,800 thousand metric dry tons 0.9%
Phosphate Rock Mine production3,000 thousand metric tons 1.2%
Tungsten Mine production3,000 metric tons 3.5%
Alumina Alumina, refinery production1,500 thousand metric dry tons 1.0%
Nitrogen (Ammonia) Plant production1,400 thousand metric tons 0.9%
Graphite Mine production500.0 metric tons 0.0%
Antimony Mine production220.0 metric tons 0.2%
Fluorspar Mine production160.0 thousand metric tons 1.6%
Rare Earths (all) Mine production150.0 metric tons 0.0%

What it holds in reserve

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published

MaterialSeries ReservesUnitShare of world
Graphite Reserves 9,700,000metric tons 3.1%
Rare Earths (all) Reserves 3,500,000metric tons 4.1%
Bauxite Bauxite reserves 3,100,000thousand metric dry tons 10.7%
Tungsten Reserves 170,000metric tons 3.6%
Antimony Reserves 54,000metric tons 2.7%
Phosphate Rock Reserves 30,000thousand metric tons 0.0%
Tin Reserves 23,000metric tons 0.4%
Fluorspar Reserves 16,000thousand metric tons 4.8%

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