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20 materials match. Criticality, production, reserves, import reliance and leading-producer share are all USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · source ↗
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| Material | Shelf | World production | Reserves | Leading producer | Top share | U.S. imported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Alumina critical
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Copper & Electrical Materials | 150,000thousand metric dry tons · Alumina, refinery production | — | China | 62%† | 71% |
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Aluminium critical
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Copper & Electrical Materials | 74,000thousand metric tons · Smelter production | — | China | 61%† | 60% |
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Bismuth critical
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Aerospace & Defence Materials | 16,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | China | 88% | 92% |
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Cobalt critical
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Battery Materials | 310,000metric tons · Mine production | 12,000,000 | Congo (Kinshasa) | 74% | 79% |
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Fluorspar critical
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Industrial Minerals | 10,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 330,000 | China | 60% | 100% |
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Gallium critical
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Semiconductor Materials | 900,000kilograms · Primary production | — | China | 100% | 100% |
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Graphite critical
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Battery Materials | 1,800,000metric tons · Mine production | 310,000,000 | China | 78% | 100% |
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Indium critical
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Semiconductor Materials | 1,100metric tons · Refinery production | — | China | 69% | 100% |
| Industrial Minerals | 420,000thousand metric tons · Production | — | China | 74%† | — | |
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Magnesium Metal critical
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Steel & Alloy Metals | 1,100thousand metric tons · Smelter production | — | China | 86%† | 75% |
| Steel & Alloy Metals | 210.0metric tons · Mine production | — | China | 95%† | — | |
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Nickel critical
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Battery Materials | 3,900,000metric tons · Mine production | 140,000,000 | Indonesia | 67% | 41% |
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Niobium critical
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Aerospace & Defence Materials | 112,000metric tons · Mine production | 21,000,000 | Brazil | 93%† | 100% |
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Platinum critical
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Precious Metals | 170,000kilograms · Mine production: Platinum, rounded | — | South Africa | 71% | 89% |
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Rare Earths (all) critical
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Rare Earth Elements | 390,000metric tons · Mine production | 85,000,000 | China | 69%† | — |
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Silicon critical
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Semiconductor Materials | 5,000thousand metric tons · Ferrosilicon | — | China | 87% | — |
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Tellurium critical
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Semiconductor Materials | 1,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | China | 80% | 25% |
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Titanium critical
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Aerospace & Defence Materials | 370,000metric tons · Titanium sponge metal production | — | China | 70%† | — |
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Tungsten critical
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Aerospace & Defence Materials | 85,000metric tons · Mine production | 4,700,000 | China | 79% | 50% |
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Vanadium critical
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Steel & Alloy Metals | 110,000metric tons · Mine production | 21,000 | China | 75% | 41% |
† 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.
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