Semiconductor Materials

3 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	Leading producer	U.S. imported
☆Gallium criticalA silvery metal that melts in your hand, and the basis of the compound semiconductors in fast…	Semiconductor Materials	900,000kilograms · Primary production	China100% of world production	100%
☆Germanium criticalThe element the very first transistors were made from, now used mainly for infrared lenses and…	Semiconductor Materials	not published	Chinashare not published	50%
☆XenonThe rarest stable gas in the atmosphere — under one part in ten million — and the heaviest…	Semiconductor Materials	12.00million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters)	United States1% of world production†	98%

† 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.