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63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alumina critical | Copper & Electrical Materials | 150,000thousand metric dry tons · Alumina, refinery production | — | — | — | 71% |
| Aluminium critical | Copper & Electrical Materials | 74,000thousand metric tons · Smelter production | — | — | — | 60% |
| Antimony critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 110,000metric tons · Mine production | 2,000,000 | China — 36% of world production | 36% | — |
| Arsenic critical | Semiconductor Materials | 61,000metric tons · Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight) | — | Peru — 49% of world production | 49% | 100% |
| Barite critical | Industrial Minerals | 8,700thousand metric tons · Mine production | — | India — 34% of world production | 34% | 75% |
| Bauxite critical | Copper & Electrical Materials | 440,000thousand metric dry tons · Bauxite, mine production | 29,000,000 | — | — | 75% |
| Beryllium critical | Nuclear Materials | 430.0metric tons · Mine production | — | United States — 53% of world production | 53% | — |
| Bismuth critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 16,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | China — 88% of world production | 88% | 92% |
| Boron critical | Industrial Minerals | not published | — | Turkey — W% of world production | — | — |
| Caesium critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | not published | — | — | — | 100% |
| Cerium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Chromium critical | Steel & Alloy Metals | 51,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 540,000 | South Africa — 45% of world production | 45% | 79% |
| Cobalt critical | Battery Materials | 310,000metric tons · Mine production | 12,000,000 | Congo (Kinshasa) — 74% of world production | 74% | 79% |
| Copper critical | Copper & Electrical Materials | 23,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 980,000 | Chile — 23% of world production | 23% | — |
| Dysprosium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Erbium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Europium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Fluorspar critical | Industrial Minerals | 10,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 330,000 | China — 60% of world production | 60% | 100% |
| Gadolinium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| 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% |
| Graphite critical | Battery Materials | 1,800,000metric tons · Mine production | 310,000,000 | China — 78% of world production | 78% | 100% |
| Hafnium critical | Nuclear Materials | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Holmium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Indium critical | Semiconductor Materials | 1,100metric tons · Refinery production | — | China — 69% of world production | 69% | 100% |
| Iridium critical | Precious Metals | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Lanthanum critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Lead critical | Steel & Alloy Metals | 4,500thousand metric tons · Mine production | 95,000 | China — 42% of world production | 42% | — |
| Lithium critical | Battery Materials | 290,000metric tons · Mine production | 37,000,000 | Australia — 32% of world production | 32% | 50% |
| Lutetium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Magnesium Metal critical | Steel & Alloy Metals | 1,100thousand metric tons · Smelter production | — | — | — | 75% |
| Manganese critical | Battery Materials | 20,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 1,700,000 | South Africa — 37% of world production | 37% | 100% |
| Neodymium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Nickel critical | Battery Materials | 3,900,000metric tons · Mine production | 140,000,000 | Indonesia — 67% of world production | 67% | 41% |
| Niobium critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 112,000metric tons · Mine production | 21,000,000 | — | — | 100% |
| Palladium critical | Precious Metals | 190,000kilograms · Mine production: Palladium, rounded | — | Russia — 44% of world production | 44% | 57% |
| Phosphate Rock critical | Agricultural Minerals | 250,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 73,000,000 | China — 44% of world production | 44% | — |
| Platinum critical | Precious Metals | 170,000kilograms · Mine production: Platinum, rounded | — | South Africa — 71% of world production | 71% | 89% |
| Platinum-Group Metals critical | Precious Metals | not published | 76,000,000 | — | — | — |
| Potash critical | Agricultural Minerals | 49,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 10,000,000 | Canada — 31% of world production | 31% | 92% |
| Praseodymium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Rare Earths (all) critical | Rare Earth Elements | 390,000metric tons · Mine production | 85,000,000 | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Samarium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Scandium critical | Rare Earth Elements | 80.00metric tons · global production | — | China — NA% of world production | — | 100% |
| Silicon critical | Semiconductor Materials | 5,000thousand metric tons · Ferrosilicon | — | China — 87% of world production | 87% | — |
| Silver critical | Precious Metals | 26,000metric tons · Mine production | 610,000 | Mexico — 24% of world production | 24% | 77% |
| Tantalum critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 2,500metric tons · Mine production | — | Congo (Kinshasa) — 52% of world production | 52% | 100% |
| Tellurium critical | Semiconductor Materials | 1,000metric tons · Refinery production | — | China — 80% of world production | 80% | 25% |
| Terbium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Thulium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| Tin critical | Steel & Alloy Metals | 290,000metric tons · Mine production | 6,000,000 | China — 24% of world production | 24% | — |
| Titanium critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 370,000metric tons · Titanium sponge metal production | — | — | — | — |
| Titanium Mineral Concentrates critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 9,400thousand metric tons · Mine production: ilmenite, rounded | 490,000 | — | — | 88% |
| Tungsten critical | Aerospace & Defence Materials | 85,000metric tons · Mine production | 4,700,000 | China — 79% of world production | 79% | 50% |
| Vanadium critical | Steel & Alloy Metals | 110,000metric tons · Mine production | 21,000 | China — 75% of world production | 75% | 41% |
| Ytterbium critical | Rare Earth Elements | not published | — | — | — | — |
| 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% |
| Zinc critical | Steel & Alloy Metals | 13,000thousand metric tons · Mine production | 240,000 | China — 32% of world production | 32% | — |
| Zirconium critical | Nuclear Materials | 1,200thousand metric tons · Zirconium mineral concentrates, mine production (thousand metric tons, gross weight) | 70,000 | — | — | — |