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Filter every material by shelf, by criticality, by how much of the world one country produces, and by how much of it the United States has to import.
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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 | Semiconductor Materials | 61,000metric tons · Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight) | — | Peru — 49% of world production | 49% | 100% |
| Asbestos | Industrial Minerals | 960,000metric tons · Mine production | 150,000,000 | — | — | 100% |
| Caesium critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | not published | — | — | — | 100% |
| Fluorspar critical | Industrial Minerals | 10,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 330,000 | China — 60% of world production | 60% | 100% |
| Gallium critical | Semiconductor Materials | 900,000kilograms · Primary production | — | China — 100% of world production | 100% | 100% |
| Graphite critical | Battery Materials | 1,800,000metric tons · Mine production | 310,000,000 | China — 78% of world production | 78% | 100% |
| Indium critical | Semiconductor Materials | 1,100metric tons · Refinery production | — | China — 69% of world production | 69% | 100% |
| Manganese critical | Battery Materials | 20,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 1,700,000 | South Africa — 37% of world production | 37% | 100% |
| Niobium critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 112,000metric tons · Mine production | 21,000,000 | — | — | 100% |
| Rubidium critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | not published | — | — | — | 100% |
| Scandium critical | Rare Earth Elements | 80.00metric tons · global production | — | China — NA% of world production | — | 100% |
| Strontium | Industrial Minerals | 450,000metric tons · Mine production | — | — | — | 100% |
| Tantalum critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 2,500metric tons · Mine production | — | Congo (Kinshasa) — 52% of world production | 52% | 100% |
| Yttrium critical | Rare Earth Elements | 12,500metric tons · mine production of Y2O3 equivalent contained in rare-earth mineral concentrates | — | China — NA% of world production | — | 100% |