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What is loaded

MeasureRowsYears
Production3,014 2021–2025
Import850 2021–2025
Price799 2021–2025
Export735 2021–2025
Reserves729 2023–2025
Import sources 2021-2024720
Consumption611 2021–2025
Net import reliance527 2021–2025
Employment271 2021–2025
Capacity220 2024–2025
Stock195 2021–2025
Sold or used100 2021–2025
Shipment85 2021–2025
Sales15 2021–2025
Sold10 2021–2025
Supply5 2021–2025

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · source ↗. 158 annual price series are loaded alongside these.

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