Commodity Education

All · 146 Rare Earth Elements · 18 Aerospace & Defence Materials · 10 Agricultural Minerals · 3 Battery Materials · 5 Copper & Electrical Materials · 4 Energy Raw Materials · 7 Industrial Minerals · 35 Nuclear Materials · 5 Precious Metals · 10 Semiconductor Materials · 11 Steel & Alloy Metals · 13 Wood & Forest Products · 25

Critical Mineral · 63 Strategic · 36 Construction · 35 Byproduct Only · 27 Energy Transition · 26 Defence · 24 Chip Chain · 17 Forest Product · 12 Recyclable at Scale · 9 Magnet Chain · 8 Hardwood · 8 Softwood · 7 Renewable · 6 Food Chain · 6 Engineered Wood · 4 Grid Chain · 2

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

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Material	World production	Leading producer
Standing TimberThe wood that is still a tree. Every board, panel and sheet of paper on the site starts here…	not published	—
Industrial RoundwoodLogs. The tree after felling and before anything has been done to it except cutting it to…	not published	—
Softwood LumberSawn boards from coniferous trees - the 2x4s and joists that most of the world's houses are…	not published	—
Hardwood LumberSawn boards from broadleaved trees - what furniture, flooring, cabinets and barrels are made of.	not published	—
Wood-Based PanelsSheets made by gluing wood back together - veneers, chips, strands or fibres pressed into a…	not published	—
PlywoodThin layers of wood peeled from a log and glued in a stack with the grain crossed at right…	not published	—
Oriented Strand BoardA structural panel made from long wood strands laid in layers and pressed - the cheaper…	not published	—
Mass TimberStructural timber built up from smaller pieces into beams, columns and whole floor slabs big…	not published	—
Wood PulpWood reduced to its individual fibres, by cooking or by grinding, ready to be made into paper…	not published	—
Wood PelletsSawdust and shavings dried and squeezed into uniform cylinders that can be handled, shipped and…	not published	—
Wood FuelWood cut to be burned - firewood and the charcoal made from it. Still the largest single use of…	not published	—
Recovered WoodWood collected after use - pallets, crates, demolition timber and furniture - and sent back…	not published	—
Southern Yellow PineA fast-grown, dense, strong southern US pine - the workhorse of American framing and the only…	not published	—
Douglas FirNot a true fir. The strongest and stiffest softwood in wide structural use, and the species…	not published	—
Spruce-Pine-Fir (SPF)A marketing group, not a species: several interchangeable northern softwoods graded and sold…	not published	—
Hem-FirWestern hemlock sold together with the true firs that grow alongside it, as a single graded…	not published	—
Western Red CedarA light, soft, aromatic softwood whose heartwood resists decay without any treatment at all.	not published	—
Radiata PineA Californian pine with a tiny natural range that became the most widely planted plantation…	not published	—
White OakA dense, pale hardwood whose closed cell structure makes it watertight - which is why barrels…	not published	—
Red OakThe volume hardwood of North America: strong, open-pored, pinkish, and sawn in greater quantity…	not published	—
Hard MapleA very hard, pale, fine-grained hardwood that takes heavy wear without denting - the standard…	not published	—
Black WalnutThe dark, strong, dimensionally stable hardwood that American furniture and gunstocks are made…	not published	—
Yellow PoplarA fast-growing, light, straight-grained American hardwood - neither a poplar nor yellow in the…	not published	—
TeakA tropical hardwood whose natural oils make it hold up outdoors and against saltwater better…	not published	—
EucalyptusThe fastest-growing hardwood planted at scale, harvested on rotations as short as six or seven…	not published	—