Africa
Zimbabwe
What comes out of the ground here, what is still in it, and who operates the assets.
5 materials produced
0 mines in the atlas
0 plants in the atlas
Export controls in force.
Export ban: Lithium ore (2022).
(USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, table 4 — as of January 2026)
What it produces
Maps →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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithium | Mine production | 28,000 | metric tons | 9.7% |
| Chromium | Mine production | 2,000 | thousand metric tons | 3.9% |
| Gemstones | Mine production | 530.0 | thousands of carats | 0.8% |
| Vermiculite | Mine production | 30.00 | thousand metric tons | 6.5% |
| Diamond (Industrial) | Mine production | 5.00 | million carats | 13.2% |
What it holds in reserve
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published
| Material | Series | Reserves | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum-Group Metals | PGM reserves | 1,300,000 | kilograms | 1.7% |
| Lithium | Reserves | 500,000 | metric tons | 1.4% |
| Chromium | Reserves: Cr2O3 content | 78,000 | thousand metric tons | 14.4% |
| Gemstones | Reserves | 56,000 | thousands of carats | 2.8% |
| Diamond (Industrial) | Reserves | 56.00 | million carats | 3.3% |
| Vermiculite | Reserves | Not applicable | thousand metric tons | — |
A leading U.S. import source for
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · major U.S. import sources, 2021–2024