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14 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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Arsenic critical
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Semiconductor Materials | 61,000metric tons · Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight) | — | Peru | 49% | 100% |
| Industrial Minerals | 960,000metric tons · Mine production | 150,000,000 | Russia | 32%† | 100% | |
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Caesium critical
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Aerospace & Defence Materials | not published | — | — | — | 100% |
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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% |
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Manganese critical
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Battery Materials | 20,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 1,700,000 | South Africa | 37% | 100% |
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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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Rubidium critical
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Aerospace & Defence Materials | not published | — | — | — | 100% |
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Scandium critical
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Rare Earth Elements | 80.00metric tons · global production | — | China | not published | 100% |
| Industrial Minerals | 450,000metric tons · Mine production | — | Iran | 56%† | 100% | |
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Tantalum critical
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Aerospace & Defence Materials | 2,500metric tons · Mine production | — | Congo (Kinshasa) | 52% | 100% |
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Yttrium critical
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Rare Earth Elements | 12,500metric tons · mine production of Y2O3 equivalent contained in rare-earth mineral concentrates | — | China | not published | 100% |
† 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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