Precious Metals

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

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Material	Shelf	World production 2025	World reserves	Leading producer	U.S. imported
☆Platinum-Group Metals criticalSix metals — platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium and osmium — that occur together…	Precious Metals	not published	76,000,000	—	—
☆GoldThe metal that does not tarnish, does not corrode and never runs out once mined — which is why…	Precious Metals	3,300metric tons · Mine production	66,000	China12% of world production†	—
☆Platinum criticalA dense, unreactive metal that speeds up chemical reactions without being consumed by them.	Precious Metals	170,000kilograms · Mine production: Platinum, rounded	—	South Africa71% of world production	89%
☆Palladium criticalPlatinum's cheaper cousin for most of the twentieth century, then briefly more expensive than…	Precious Metals	190,000kilograms · Mine production: Palladium, rounded	—	Russia44% of world production	57%
☆Iridium criticalThe most corrosion-resistant metal known, and the second densest — a litre of it weighs about…	Precious Metals	not published	—	—	—

† Worked out from the USGS production table: the leading country’s output divided by the world total. Where the USGS publishes the share itself, that figure is shown instead.