Mineral raw materials and ore bodies with significant variations in valuable mineral content have been calculated to obtain the actually useable mineral content, e.g. highly variable Fe-contents of iron carbonates and iron oxides. Production figures throughout this report do not (unless otherwise specified) refer to crude ore (ROM/run of mine) or concentrate produced from it, but indicate the content of recoverable valuable elements and compounds.
Total world production figures do not include Bauxite production as Bauxite is the base raw material in Aluminium production. Production figures for Bauxite can be found in commodity and country statistics.
Iron and Ferro-Alloy Metals:
Iron (Fe) in metr. t
Chromium (Cr2O3) in metr. t
Cobalt (Co) in metr. t
Manganese (Mn) in metr. t
Molybdenum (Mo) in metr. t
Nickel (Ni) in metr. t
Niobium (Nb2O5) in metr. t
Tantalum (Ta2O5) in metr. t
Titanium (TiO2) in metr. t
Tungsten (W) in metr. t
Vanadium (V) in metr. t
Non-Ferrous Metals:
Aluminium (Al, primary) in metr. t
Antimony (Sb) in metr. t
Arsenic (As2O3) in metr. t
Bauxite (crude ore) in metr. t
Beryllium (concentrate) in metr. t
Bismuth (Bi) in metr. t
Cadmium (Cd) in metr. t
Copper (Cu) in metr. t
Gallium (Ga) in metr. t
Germanium (Ge) in metr. t
Indium (In) in metr. t
Lead (Pb) in metr. t
Lithium (Li2O) in metr. t
Mercury (Hg) in metr. t
Rare Earth Minerals (REO) in metr. t
Rhenium (Re) in kg
Selenium (Se) in metr. t
Tellurium (Te) in metr. t
Tin (Sn) in metr. t
Zinc (Zn) in metr. t
Precious Metals:
Gold (Au) in kg
Palladium (Pd) in kg
Platinum (Pt) in kg
Rhodium (Rh) in kg
Silver (Ag) in kg
Industrial Minerals:
Asbestos in metr. t
Baryte in metr. t
Bentonite in metr. t
Boron Minerals in metr. t
Diamonds (Gem) in ct
Diamonds (Industrial) in ct
Diatomite in metr. t
Feldspar in metr. t
Fluorspar in metr. t
Graphite in metr. t
Gypsum and Anhydrite in metr. t
Kaolin (China-Clay) in metr. t
Magnesite in metr. t
Perlite in metr. t
Phosphate Rock (P2O5) in metr. t
Potash (K2O) in metr. t
Salt (Rock Salt, Brines, Marine Salt) in metr. t
Sulfur (elementar and industrial Sulfur) in metr. t
Talc, Steatite and Pyrophyllite in metr. t
Vermiculite in metr. t
Zircon (concentrate) in metr. t
Mineral Fuels:
Steam Coal (incl. Anthracite, bituminous and sub-bituminous Coal) in metr. t
Coking Coal in metr. t
Lignite in metr. t
Natural Gas (marketed production) in Mio m3
Oil Sands (gross production) in metr. t
Oil Shales in metr. t
Petroleum (incl. Natural Gas Liquids) (gross production) in metr. t
Uranium (U3O8) in metr. t
Commodity Prices:
Sources of annual averages: