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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.
The 2025 U.S. critical minerals listOne-country chokepointsEntirely imported by the U.S.Only ever a by-productThe magnet chainThe chip chainEnergy-transition materialsSmallest world production
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27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argon | Industrial Minerals | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Arsenic critical | Semiconductor Materials | 61,000metric tons · Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight) | — | Peru — 49% of world production | 49% | 100% |
| Bismuth critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 16,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | China — 88% of world production | 88% | 92% |
| Cadmium | Steel & Alloy Metals | 23,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | — | — | 25% |
| Cobalt critical | Battery Materials | 310,000metric tons · Mine production | 12,000,000 | Congo (Kinshasa) — 74% of world production | 74% | 79% |
| Gallium critical | Semiconductor Materials | 900,000kilograms · Primary production | — | China — 100% of world production | 100% | 100% |
| Germanium critical | Semiconductor Materials | not published | — | China — NA% of world production | — | 50% |
| Hafnium critical | Nuclear Materials | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Helium | Industrial Minerals | 190.0million cubic meters · Helium Production | — | — | — | — |
| Indium critical | Semiconductor Materials | 1,100metric tons · Refinery production | — | China — 69% of world production | 69% | 100% |
| Iridium critical | Precious Metals | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Krypton | Semiconductor Materials | 110.0million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters) | — | — | — | 93% |
| Molybdenum | Steel & Alloy Metals | 260,000metric tons · Mine production | 17,000 | — | — | — |
| Neon | Semiconductor Materials | 800.0million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters) | — | — | — | 52% |
| Osmium | Precious Metals | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Petroleum Coke | Energy Raw Materials | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Rhenium critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 81,000kilograms · Mine production | — | Chile — 37% of world production | 37% | 75% |
| Rhodium critical | Precious Metals | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Rubidium critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | not published | — | — | — | 100% |
| Ruthenium critical | Precious Metals | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Scandium critical | Rare Earth Elements | 80.00metric tons · global production | — | China — NA% of world production | — | 100% |
| Selenium | Steel & Alloy Metals | 3,800metric tons · Refinery production | — | — | — | 50% |
| Silver critical | Precious Metals | 26,000metric tons · Mine production | 610,000 | Mexico — 24% of world production | 24% | 77% |
| Sulfur | Industrial Minerals | 84,000thousand metric tons · Production, all forms | — | — | — | — |
| Tellurium critical | Semiconductor Materials | 1,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | China — 80% of world production | 80% | 25% |
| Thallium | Semiconductor Materials | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Xenon | Semiconductor Materials | 12.00million liters · Rare gases production, (million liters) | — | — | — | 98% |