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Gallium · Primary production, 2025
  • 0–1%
  • 1%–5%
  • 5%–10%
  • 10%–25%
  • ≥ 25%
  • Withheld, none or n/a
  • Not listed
  • 23 producer sites (USGS), at the facility or its town
  • Province only

Share of the world total, 900,000 kg (kilograms).

Source: USGSSource: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Low-Purity Production and Production Capacity

East Asia · JP

Japan

Gallium 3,000 kg (USGS estimate) · 0.33% of world

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Role in the chains: manufacturing · research

Natural resources, measured

Ordered by the country’s largest How this is computedA country's resources are ordered by its largest share of world output on any production column of each table (e.g. palladium within PGMs).Method →Code →. Values are USGS (minerals) or EIA (energy); an “e” marks a USGS estimate.

Gallium 3rd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 0.3% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of primary production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Primary production2025 · kilogramsSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 3,000 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →)World: How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 3 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Production capacity2025 · kilogramsSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →Year before: —World: How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 3 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Who produces it

  • Akita Zinc Co. Ltd. [Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd., 86%, and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. (SMM), 14%] — gallium, Plant in Iijima, Akita Prefecture capacity 10 metric tons
  • Nippon Rare Metal Inc. — gallium, Iwaki plant, Fukushima Prefecture

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2020-21, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Constraints and changes, as the sources state them

  • “The remaining primary low-purity gallium producers outside of China included Japan and Russia.” USGS ↗

Not in the sources read: export restrictions (OECD 2024) · EU or US sanctions naming it.

USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Low-Purity Production and Production Capacity (Data in kilograms, gallium content). Source ↗ World ranking →

Copper 4th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 4.8% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of refinery production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · thousand tonnesnone2024: 0World: not ranked
Refinery production2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 1,570 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →)World: How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 17 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · thousand tonnesnoneYear before: —World: not ranked

Who produces it

  • Hibi Kyodo Smelting Co. Ltd. (Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd., 63.51%; Nittetsu Mining Co Ltd., 20.28%; Furukawa Metals & Resources Co. Ltd., 16.21%) — copper, refined, Tamano smelter, Tamano, Okayama Prefecture capacity 200 thousand metric tons
  • JX Metals Smelting Co. Ltd. (JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co. Ltd., 100%) — copper, refined, Hitachi refinery, Ibaraki Prefecture capacity 180 thousand metric tons
  • JX Metals Smelting Co. Ltd. (JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co. Ltd., 100%) — copper, refined, Saganoseki smelter and refinery, Oita Prefecture capacity 270 thousand metric tons
  • Kosaka Smelting and Refining Co. Ltd. (Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd., 100%) — copper, refined, Refinery in Kosaka, Akita Prefecture capacity 65 thousand metric tons
  • Mitsubishi Materials Corp. — copper, refined, Plant in Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture capacity 234 thousand metric tons
  • Onahama Smelting and Refining Co. Ltd. (Mitsubishi Materials Corp., 55.714%; Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd., 31.621%; Furukawa Metals & Resources Co. Ltd., 12.665%) — copper, refined, Onahama smelter and refinery, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture capacity 300 thousand metric tons

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2020-21, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2), 1 more rows. Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Not in the sources read: constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (OECD 2024) · EU or US sanctions naming it.

USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Mine and Refinery Production and Reserves (Data in thousand metric tons, copper content). Source ↗ World ranking →

Hydropower 12th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 1.5% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2024
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Production2024 · terawatt-hoursSourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2024Open the source →2023: 72.083 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →)World: How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 153 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2020-21 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (OECD 2024) · EU or US sanctions naming it.

EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21, Hydroelectricity net generation, annual (series INTL.33-12-<ISO3>-BKWH.A) (billion kilowatthours). Source ↗ World ranking →

Natural gas 60th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · <0.1% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2024
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Production2024 · billion m³SourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2024Open the source →2023: 2.019 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →)World: How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 96 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2020-21 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (OECD 2024) · EU or US sanctions naming it.

EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21, Dry natural gas, annual (series INTL.26-1-<ISO3>-BCM.A) (billion cubic metres). Source ↗ World ranking →

Coal 52nd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · <0.1% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2024
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Production2024 · thousand tonnesSourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2024Open the source →2023: 607.817 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →)World: How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 66 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2023 · million short tonsSourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2023Open the source →Year before: —World: How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 86 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2020-21 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (OECD 2024) · EU or US sanctions naming it.

EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21, Coal, annual (series INTL.7-1-<ISO3>-MT.A) (thousand metric tons; reserves in million short tons). Source ↗ World ranking →

Oil 81st (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · <0.1% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Production2025 · thousand barrels a daySourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2025Open the source →2024: 3.172 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →)World: How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 99 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2020-21 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (OECD 2024) · EU or US sanctions naming it.

EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21, Crude oil including lease condensate, annual (series INTL.57-1-<ISO3>-TBPD.A) (thousand barrels per day). Source ↗ World ranking →

Market access

Export restrictions it applies

SourcedOECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials (2024 data)Open the source → measures recorded on antimony — listed under each resource above.

Sanctions that name it

No EU regime and no OFAC country program. Thematic lists (terrorism, cyber, human rights) can still name its people and companies.

Read 2026-09-26 from the EU Sanctions Map and OFAC’s program list. A regime targets what its measures name — listed persons, goods, services — not the whole country. UK: gov.uk publishes each regime as prose, with no machine-readable list of measures per regime; not read.

Peers on gallium

The other leading countries by primary production, 2025 (USGS/EIA); this country is How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →.

  1. China How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
  2. Russia How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Peers on copper

The other leading countries by refinery production, 2025 (USGS/EIA); this country is How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →.

  1. China How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
  2. Congo (Kinshasa) How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
  3. Chile How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
  4. Russia How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
  5. United States How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

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