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Rare Earth Elements · 18Aerospace & Defence Materials · 10Agricultural Minerals · 3Battery Materials · 5Copper & Electrical Materials · 4Energy Raw Materials · 7Industrial Minerals · 35Nuclear Materials · 5Precious Metals · 10Semiconductor Materials · 11Steel & Alloy Metals · 13Wood & Forest Products · 25
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1 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 |
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Chromium criticalThe element that makes stainless steel stainless — at about eleven percent chromium, steel…
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Steel & Alloy Metals | 51,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 540,000 | South Africa45% of world production | 79% |
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- Metal poles (surface is chromium-plated) - HDR.jpg · Laitche · CC BY-SA 4.0
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