Metales preciosos

10 materials shown. Figures are from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · as each source defines it for each commodity · fuente ↗

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Material	Producción mundial 2025	Reservas mundiales	Productor líder	EE. UU. importó
☆Platinum-Group Metals críticoSix metals — platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium — that occur together…	no publicado	76,000,000	—	—
☆Silver críticoThe best electrical conductor there is, and the metal that has been used as money for longer…	26,000metric tons · Mine production	610,000	Mexico24% de la producción mundial	77%
☆GoldThe metal that does not tarnish, does not corrode and never runs out once mined — which is why…	3,300metric tons · Mine production	66,000	China12% de la producción mundial†	—
☆Platinum críticoA dense, unreactive metal that speeds up chemical reactions without being consumed by them.	170,000kilograms · Mine production: Platinum, rounded	—	South Africa71% de la producción mundial	89%
☆Palladium críticoPlatinum's cheaper cousin for most of the twentieth century, then briefly more expensive than…	190,000kilograms · Mine production: Palladium, rounded	—	Russia44% de la producción mundial	57%
☆Rhodium críticoThe rarest of the metals traded in any volume, produced in tens of tonnes a year, and the only…	no publicado	—	—	—
☆Iridium críticoThe most corrosion-resistant metal known, and the second densest — a litre of it weighs about…	no publicado	—	—	—
☆Ruthenium críticoA hard platinum-group metal used in tiny quantities inside hard drives and increasingly in chip…	no publicado	—	—	—
☆OsmiumThe densest naturally occurring element, and one of the least used — most of it sits unrefined…	no publicado	—	—	—
☆GemstonesMinerals people want because of how they look — hardness, clarity and colour, priced on rarity…	69,000 thousands of carats · Mine production	2,000,000	Russia30% de la producción mundial†	99%

† Calculado a partir de la tabla de producción del USGS: la producción del país líder dividida entre el total mundial. Cuando el USGS publica directamente la participación, se muestra ese valor en su lugar.