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27 materials shown. Figures are from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · as each source defines it for each commodity · fuente ↗
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| Material | Estante | Producción mundial 2025 | Reservas mundiales | Productor líder | EE. UU. importó |
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Rhenium críticoOne of the rarest metals in the crust, recovered from molybdenum roasting, and the ingredient…
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Materiales para Aeroespacial y Defensa | 81,000kilograms · Mine production | — | Chile37% de la producción mundial | 75% |
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Bismuth críticoA heavy metal that is, unusually, not very toxic — which is why it replaces lead in solders…
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Materiales para Aeroespacial y Defensa | 16,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | China88% de la producción mundial | 92% |
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Rubidium críticoCaesium's cheaper neighbour, recovered from the same rare deposits, and the basis of the atomic…
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Materiales para Aeroespacial y Defensa | no publicado | — | — | 100% |
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Cobalt críticoA hard, bluish metal that keeps a battery's cathode stable so it does not overheat, and that…
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Materiales para baterías | 310,000metric tons · Mine production | 12,000,000 | Congo (Kinshasa)74% de la producción mundial | 79% |
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Petroleum CokeThe solid carbon left at the bottom of an oil refinery, and the raw material for both aluminium…
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Materias primas energéticas | no publicado | — | — | — |
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HeliumThe only element cold enough to keep an MRI magnet superconducting, and the only one light…
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Minerales industriales | 190.0million cubic meters · Helium Production | — | United States43% de la producción mundial† | — |
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SulfurA yellow element stripped out of oil and gas to stop it polluting, then turned into sulfuric…
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Minerales industriales | 84,000thousand metric tons · Production, all forms | — | China23% de la producción mundial† | — |
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ArgonAlmost one percent of the air you are breathing, and the cheapest way to keep oxygen away from…
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Minerales industriales | no publicado | — | — | — |
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Hafnium críticoZirconium's chemical shadow — always found with it, almost impossible to separate from it, and…
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Materiales nucleares | no publicado | — | — | — |
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Silver críticoThe best electrical conductor there is, and the metal that has been used as money for longer…
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Metales preciosos | 26,000metric tons · Mine production | 610,000 | Mexico24% de la producción mundial | 77% |
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Rhodium críticoThe rarest of the metals traded in any volume, produced in tens of tonnes a year, and the only…
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Metales preciosos | no publicado | — | — | — |
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Iridium críticoThe most corrosion-resistant metal known, and the second densest — a litre of it weighs about…
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Metales preciosos | no publicado | — | — | — |
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Ruthenium críticoA hard platinum-group metal used in tiny quantities inside hard drives and increasingly in chip…
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Metales preciosos | no publicado | — | — | — |
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OsmiumThe densest naturally occurring element, and one of the least used — most of it sits unrefined…
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Metales preciosos | no publicado | — | — | — |
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Scandium críticoA light metal that makes aluminium dramatically stronger and weldable — and which is produced…
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Elementos de tierras raras | 80.00metric tons · global production | — | Chinaparticipación no publicada | 100% |
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Gallium críticoA silvery metal that melts in your hand, and the basis of the compound semiconductors in fast…
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Materiales para semiconductores | 900,000kilograms · Primary production | — | China100% de la producción mundial | 100% |
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Germanium críticoThe element the very first transistors were made from, now used mainly for infrared lenses and…
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Materiales para semiconductores | no publicado | — | Chinaparticipación no publicada | 50% |
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Indium críticoA soft metal whose oxide is both transparent and electrically conductive — the invisible wiring…
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Materiales para semiconductores | 1,100metric tons · Refinery production | — | China69% de la producción mundial | 100% |
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Tellurium críticoA brittle, silvery element recovered from the slime at the bottom of a copper refinery tank…
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Materiales para semiconductores | 1,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | China80% de la producción mundial | 25% |
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Arsenic críticoFamous as a poison, but in ultra-pure form it is half of gallium arsenide, the compound behind…
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Materiales para semiconductores | 61,000metric tons · Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight) | — | Peru49% de la producción mundial | 100% |
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NeonA noble gas so unreactive it forms no compounds at all, separated out of ordinary air in tiny…
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Materiales para semiconductores | 800.0million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters) | — | United States14% de la producción mundial† | 52% |
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KryptonA rare noble gas, about one part per million of the air, separated only where enough air is…
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Materiales para semiconductores | 110.0million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters) | — | United States1% de la producción mundial† | 93% |
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XenonThe rarest stable gas in the atmosphere — under one part in ten million — and the heaviest…
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Materiales para semiconductores | 12.00million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters) | — | United States1% de la producción mundial† | 98% |
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ThalliumA soft, extremely toxic metal recovered in tiny amounts from smelter dusts.
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Materiales para semiconductores | no publicado | — | — | — |
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MolybdenumA silvery metal added to steel so it keeps its strength at high temperature and under pressure.
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Acero y metales de aleación | 260,000metric tons · Mine production | 17,000 | China37% de la producción mundial† | — |
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CadmiumA toxic soft metal recovered from zinc refining, now used mainly in thin-film solar panels…
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Acero y metales de aleación | 23,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | China41% de la producción mundial† | 25% |
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SeleniumAn element recovered from copper refinery slimes, used in glass, in animal feed and in…
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Acero y metales de aleación | 3,800metric tons · Refinery production | — | China53% de la producción mundial† | 50% |
† 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.
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