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Silicon metal · Production, silicon metal, 2025
  • 0–1%
  • 1%–5%
  • 5%–10%
  • 10%–25%
  • ≥ 25%
  • Withheld, none or n/a
  • Not listed
  • 47 producer sites (USGS), at the facility or its town
  • Province only

Share of the world total, 4,600 kt (thousand tonnes).

Source: USGSSource: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Production

Eastern Europe · RU

Russia

Silicon metal 35 kt (USGS estimate) · 0.76% of world

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Role in the chains: extraction · 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.

Silicon metal 2nd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 8.4% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, ferrosilicon, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Production, silicon metal2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 59 (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 12 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Production, ferrosilicon2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 420 (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 13 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2022 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · EU or US sanctions naming it.

USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Production (Data in thousand metric tons, silicon content). Source ↗ World ranking →

Platinum-group metals 1st (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 44% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, palladium, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production, platinum2025 · kilogramsSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 22,000 (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 5 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Mine production, palladium2025 · kilogramsSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 89,000 (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 5 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves (PGM)2025 · 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 5 countries listed individually.Method →Code →

Who produces it

  • AO Koryakgeoldobycha, Amur Prospectors — ore, platinum-group metal content, Placer deposits (mostly platinum) in the Urals; Siberia; Russian Far East capacity 10 metric tons
  • Lopatino and Yegor'yevsk deposits — ore, platinum-group metal content, Mines in Moscow Oblast
  • OAO AS Amur (Russian Platinum Co.) — ore, platinum-group metal content, Placer deposits (mostly platinum) in the Urals; Siberia; Russian Far East capacity 10 metric tons
  • PAO GMK Norilskiy Nickel (Nornickel) — ore, platinum-group metal content, Mines in Norilsk region and Kola Peninsula capacity 150 metric tons
  • Polpinskoye deposit — ore, platinum-group metal content, Mines in Bryansk Oblast
  • Verkhnekamskiy deposit — ore, platinum-group metal content, Mines in the Urals

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2), 3 more rows. Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Constraints and changes, as the sources state them

  • “Estimated production in Russia, the world’s leading producer of mined palladium, decreased by 6% owing to lower metal grades and ore recovery, geopolitical and investor uncertainty related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the introduction of new mining equipment at one operation.” USGS ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Export prohibition on scrap since 2024-12-01, until 2025-05-31 Stated purpose: product is strategic for the economy Legal text ↗
  • Export prohibition on scrap since 2024-05-20, until 2024-11-20 Stated purpose: product is strategic for the economy Legal text ↗
  • Export prohibition on scrap since 2023-11-01, until 2024-04-30 Stated purpose: product is strategic for the economy Legal text ↗
  • All 10 measures →

Not in the sources read: EU or US sanctions naming it.

USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Mine Production and Reserves (Data in kilograms, platinum-group-metal (PGM) content). Source ↗ World ranking →

Diamond (industrial) 1st (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 42% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · million caratsSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 16 (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 6 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · million caratsSourcedUSGS, 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 6 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Constraints and changes, as the sources state them

  • “Russia, the leading country in the production of natural industrial diamond, produced 16 million carats or 42% of total world production, followed by Congo (Kinshasa), 7 million carats (18%);” USGS ↗
  • “In 2025, China was the leading producing country of synthetic industrial diamond, followed by the United States and Russia, in descending order of quantity.” USGS ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

Sanctions that name it

  • EU · Diamonds: It is prohibited, as of 1.1.2024, to purchase, import, or transfer diamonds and products incorporating diamonds, as listed in Parts A, B and C of Annex XXXVIIIA of Regulation (EU) 833/2014, from Russia into the Union or to any third country and if they transited via the territory of Russia. 2026-04-23 ↗

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2022 country chapter, corpus).

USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Natural Industrial Diamond Mine Production and Reserves (Data in million carats). Source ↗ World ranking →

Antimony 2nd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 29% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 40,000 (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 15 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 13 countries listed individually.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • OOO Ryazsvetmet plant — compounds and metals, Ryazan Oblast
  • Zabaykal'skiy GOK3 (ZabGOK) (OOO NefteChimMash) — compounds and metals, Plant in Zabaikal’skiy Kray

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Licensing requirement on ore since 2010-09-23 Legal text ↗
  • Export tax 0-7% on ore, chemical, scrap since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 Legal text ↗
  • Export tax on metal since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 Legal text ↗

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

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

Natural gas 2nd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 15% (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: 597.59 (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 →

Sanctions that name it

  • EU · Liquified Natural Gas: It is prohibited to purchase, import or transfer liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia, through liquefied natural gas terminals in the Union that are not connected to the interconnected natural gas system. 2026-04-23 ↗
  • EU · Liquified Natural Gas: It is prohibited to sell, supply, transfer, or export, goods and technology and to provide services to any person or entity in Russia when such goods, technology and services are for the completion of liquefied natural gas projects, such as terminals and plants. 2026-04-23 ↗
  • EU · Liquified Natural Gas: It is prohibited to provide reloading services in the territory of the Union for the purposes of transshipment operations of liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, originating in Russia or exported from Russia. 2026-04-23 ↗
  • EU · Liquified Natural Gas: It shall be prohibited, as of 25 April 2026, to purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly, liquified natural gas falling under CN code 2711 11 00, if it originates in Russia or is exported from Russia. 2026-04-23 ↗
  • EU · Oil refining: It is prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export goods and technology suited for use in oil refining and liquefaction of natural gas, as listed in Annex X of Regulation (EU) 833/2014, to any person or entity in Russia or for use in Russia. 2026-04-23 ↗

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2022 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (OECD 2024).

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 →

Oil 2nd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 12% (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: 9,891.875 (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 →

Sanctions that name it

  • EU · Ports and vessels: It shall be prohibited to engage in any transaction, directly or indirectly, with ports and locks listed in Part A of Annex XLVII. 2026-04-23 ↗
  • EU · Crude oil: It is prohibited to purchase, import or transfer crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XXV of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, from Russia. 2026-04-23 ↗
  • EU · Petrol products: It is prohibited, as of 21 January 2026, to purchase, import or transfer, directly of indirectly, petroleum producsts falling under CN code 2710 obtained in a third country from crude oil falling under CN code 2709 00 originating in Russia. 2026-04-23 ↗

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2022 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (OECD 2024).

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 →

Helium 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.) · 9.5% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Production2025 · million m³SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 17 (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 7 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · million m³SourcedUSGS, 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 5 countries listed individually.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • PAO Gazprom (Government, 50.23%, and private owners, 49.77%) — helium, Amurskiy Gas Processing plant capacity 9000 thousand cubic meters
  • PAO Gazprom (Government, 50.23%, and private owners, 49.77%) — helium, Orenburgskiy helium plant, Orenburg capacity 4000 thousand cubic meters

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, 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 European Union and the United States sanctions that imposed an import ban on helium from Russia continued into 2025.” USGS ↗
  • “Rare gas supply from Russia and Ukraine continued to be limited owing to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.” USGS ↗

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

USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Production and Reserves (Data in million cubic meters). Source ↗ World ranking →

Gold 2nd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 9.4% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 310 (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 13 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 13 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Constraints and changes, as the sources state them

  • “China, Russia, Australia, Canada, and the United States were the leading gold producers, in descending order of production, and together accounted for 41% of estimated global production in 2025.” USGS ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Export prohibition on scrap since 2024-12-01, until 2025-05-31 Stated purpose: product is strategic for the economy Legal text ↗
  • Export prohibition on scrap since 2024-05-20, until 2024-11-20 Stated purpose: product is strategic for the economy Legal text ↗
  • Export prohibition on scrap since 2023-11-01, until 2024-04-30 Stated purpose: product is strategic for the economy Legal text ↗
  • All 14 measures →

Sanctions that name it

  • EU · Gold: It is prohibited to purchase, import or transfer gold, as listed in Annex XXVI and Annex XXVII of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, from Russia. 2026-04-23 ↗

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2022 country chapter, corpus).

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

Copper 5th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 5.7% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 1,020 (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 14 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Refinery production2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 896 (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 tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 14 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • Bashkirskiy copper-zinc complex — copper-zinc ore, zn content, Mine in Sibay, southern Urals capacity 5000 metric tons
  • Buribai copper-zinc mining complex — copper-zinc ore, zn content, Mine in Buribai, southern Urals capacity 1500 metric tons
  • Gaiskiy copper-zinc mining and beneficiation complex — copper-zinc ore, zn content, Mine in Gai, southern Urals capacity 25000 metric tons
  • Kirovgrad copper enterprise — copper-zinc ore, zn content, Mine in Kirovgrad, central Urals capacity 1200 metric tons
  • Sredneuralskiy copper complex — copper-zinc ore, zn content, Mine in Revda, central Urals capacity 5000 metric tons
  • Uchalinskiy copper-zinc mining and beneficiation complex — copper-zinc ore, zn content, Mine in Uchalinskiy Rayon, southern Urals capacity 90000 metric tons

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

Sanctions that name it

  • US · Import and exchange restrictions: This new action prohibits the import of Russian-origin aluminum, copper, and nickel into the United States, and limits the use of Russian-origin aluminum, copper, and nickel on global metal exchanges and in over-the-counter derivatives trading. 2024-04-12 ↗

Not in the sources read: constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events).

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

Phosphates 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.) · 5.6% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 14,400 (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 24 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 tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 24 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Constraints and changes, as the sources state them

  • “Global production of phosphate rock was estimated to be 5% higher than that in 2024, with China, Morocco, the United States, and Russia, in descending order of production, remaining the leading producers.” USGS ↗
  • “Capacity expansions to phosphate rock production that were expected to be completed by 2028 were ongoing in Brazil, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, and Russia.” USGS ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2022 country chapter, corpus) · EU or US sanctions naming it.

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

Coal 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.) · 5.4% (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: 479,918.499 (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 →

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Export tax 0-7% on ore since 2023-10-01, until 2025-02-28 Legal text ↗

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2022 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · 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 →

Nickel 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.) · 5.1% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 205,000 (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 9 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 9 countries listed individually.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • OAO Ufaleynickel (Koks Co. of Industrial Metallurgical Holding) — ore, ni content, Mines in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Urals capacity 17000 metric tons
  • PAO GMK Norilskiy Nickel (Nornickel) — ore, ni content, Mines in Murmansk Oblast (Kotselvaara-Kammikivi, Zapolyarnnoye, and Zhdanovskoye) and in Norilsk region capacity 300000 metric tons
  • ZAO NPK Geotechnologiya — ore, ni content, Mine at Shanuch deposit, Kamchatka Kray

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

Sanctions that name it

  • US · Import and exchange restrictions: This new action prohibits the import of Russian-origin aluminum, copper, and nickel into the United States, and limits the use of Russian-origin aluminum, copper, and nickel on global metal exchanges and in over-the-counter derivatives trading. 2024-04-12 ↗

Not in the sources read: constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events).

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

Hydropower 5th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 4.7% (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: 198 (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 2022 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 →

Silver 7th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 4.6% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 1,280 (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 14 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 12 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Export prohibition on scrap since 2024-12-01, until 2025-05-31 Stated purpose: product is strategic for the economy Legal text ↗
  • Export prohibition on scrap since 2024-05-20, until 2024-11-20 Stated purpose: product is strategic for the economy Legal text ↗
  • Export prohibition on scrap since 2023-11-01, until 2024-04-30 Stated purpose: product is strategic for the economy Legal text ↗
  • All 10 measures →

Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2022 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · EU or US sanctions naming it.

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

Iron ore 6th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 3.3% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, usable ore, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production, usable ore2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 91,000 (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 17 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Mine production, iron content2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 53,000 (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 17 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves (iron content)2025 · million tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 17 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (KMA) region, which contains the following enterprises: Lebedi and Stoilo Mikhaylovka — iron ore, Mines in: Gubkin Zheleznogorsk capacity 50000000 metric tons
  • Northwest region, which contains the following enterprises: Kostomuksha Kovdor Olenegorsk — iron ore, Mines in: Kostomuksha Kola Peninsula Olenegorsk capacity 22000000 metric tons
  • Siberia region, which contains the following enterprises: East: Korshunovo Rudnogorsk West: Abakan Sheregesh Tashtagol Teya — iron ore, Mines in: Zheleznogorsk Rudnogorsk Abaza Sheregesh Tashtagol Vershina Tei capacity 18000000 metric tons
  • Urals region, which contains the following enterprises: Akkermanovka Bakal Goroblagodat Kachkanar Magnitogorsk Peshchanka — iron ore, Mines in: Novotroitsk Bakal Kushva Kachkanar Magnitogorsk Rudnichnyy capacity 22000000 metric tons

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

Sanctions that name it

  • EU · Iron and steel: It is prohibited to import, purchase or transfer iron and steel products, as listed in Annex XVII of Regulation (EU) 833/2014, from Russia. 2026-04-23 ↗

Not in the sources read: constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events).

USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Mine Production and Reserves (Data in thousand metric tons, usable ore; reserves in million metric tons). Source ↗ World ranking →

Cobalt 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.) · 2.5% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 8,000 (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 12 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 12 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • PAO GMK Norilskiy Nickel (Nornickel) — cobalt, Mines and plant on Kola Peninsula and in Norilsk capacity 10000 metric tons
  • ZAO NPK Geotechnologiya — cobalt, Shanuch Mine in Kamchatka Kray capacity 100 metric tons

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Export tax 0-7% on ore, chemical since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 Legal text ↗
  • Export tax on intermediate since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 Legal text ↗
  • Export tax 10%, but not less than 400 EUR per tonne %, EUR/t on scrap since 2022-01-01 Legal text ↗

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

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

Tungsten 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.) · 2.4% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 1,500 (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 11 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 8 countries listed individually.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • AS Quartz — concentrate, w content, Mine at Bom-Gorkhom deposit, West Transbaikal, Zabaikal’skiy Kray
  • KGUP Primteploenergo — concentrate, w content, Mine at Lermontovskoye deposit, Primorskiy Kray
  • OAO Primorskiy GOK — concentrate, w content, Mine at Vostok-2 deposit
  • Tyrnyauz tungsten-molybdenum mine [OAO Kabardino-Balkarskaya Tungsten-Molybdenum Co. (Government of Kabardino-Balkarskaya Republic)]2 — concentrate, w content, Mine in Republic of Kabardino-Balkariya, North Caucasus
  • ZAO Novoorlovskiy GOK — concentrate, w content, Mine at Spokoyninskoye deposit, Zabaikal’skiy Kray
  • ZAO Zakamensk — concentrate, w content, Mine at Ruchey Inkur deposit, Barun-Narynskoye deposit

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2), 1 more rows. Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Export tax 0-7% on ore, chemical, scrap since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 Legal text ↗
  • Export tax on metal since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 Legal text ↗

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

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

Bauxite / aluminium 5th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 1.9% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of refinery production, alumina, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production, bauxite2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 5,470 (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 13 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Refinery production, alumina2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 2,840 (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 19 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves (bauxite)2025 · thousand tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 13 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • Achinskiy (United Co. RUSAL) — alumina, Plant in Achinsk, eastern Siberia capacity 900000 metric tons
  • Bogoslovskiy (United Co. RUSAL) — alumina, Plant in Krasnotur'insk capacity 1050000 metric tons
  • Boksitogorskiy (United Co. RUSAL) — alumina, Plant in Leningrad Oblast capacity 200000 metric tons
  • Pikalyovskiy (United Co. RUSAL) — alumina, Plant in Pikalyovo capacity 300000 metric tons
  • Ural'skiy AZ (United Co. RUSAL) — alumina, Plant in Kamensk-Uralskiy capacity 700000 metric tons
  • Bogoslovskiy AZ (United Co. RUSAL) — aluminum, primary metal, Plant in Krasnotur'insk capacity 175000 metric tons

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2), 15 more rows. Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Export tax 0-7% on ore since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 Legal text ↗
  • Export tax on metal since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 Legal text ↗
  • Export tax 10%, but not less than 76 EUR per tonne %, EUR/t on scrap since 2022-01-01 Legal text ↗

Sanctions that name it

  • US · Import and exchange restrictions: This new action prohibits the import of Russian-origin aluminum, copper, and nickel into the United States, and limits the use of Russian-origin aluminum, copper, and nickel on global metal exchanges and in over-the-counter derivatives trading. 2024-04-12 ↗

Not in the sources read: constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events).

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

Tin 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.) · 1.6% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 3,260 (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 14 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 10 countries listed individually.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • AO Tin Ore Co. (PAO Soligdar) — ore, sn content, Solnechnyi deposit, Khabarovsk Kray
  • OOO Pravourmiyskoye (PAO Soligdar) — ore, sn content, Mine in Khabarovsk Kray
  • Novosibirsk Processing Plant Ltd. — metal, Novosibirsk Oblast

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Export tax 0-7% on scrap since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 Legal text ↗

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

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

Graphite 6th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 1.4% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 20,000 (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 18 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 15 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • OOO Kar'yer — graphite, Mine in Chelyabinsk Oblast capacity 16000 metric tons

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

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

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

Rare earths 8th (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 0.7% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
MeasureValueYear beforeWorld standing
Mine production2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source →2024: 2,600 (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 12 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Reserves2025 · tonnesSourcedUSGS, 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 11 countries listed individually.Method →Code →

Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.

Who produces it

  • OAO Apatit — rare earths, Mines at Lovozerskoye deposit, Kola Peninsula capacity 2700 metric tons

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2). Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

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

USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Mine Production and Reserves (Data in metric tons, rare-earth-oxide (REO) equivalent). Source ↗ World ranking →

Gallium 2nd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 0.7% (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: 6,000 (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

  • Achinskiy (United Co. RUSAL) — gallium, Plant in Achinsk in Eastern Siberia capacity 15000 kilograms
  • OOO Galiy — gallium, Plant in Moscow
  • Pikalyovskiy (United Co. RUSAL) — gallium, Plant in Pikalevo
  • AO Germaniy (Rostech) — germanium, metal and products, Plant in Kranoyarsk capacity 7 metric tons

USGS Minerals Yearbook 2022, 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 ↗

Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)

  • Export tax 0-7% on metal since 2023-10-01, until 2024-12-31 HS line shared with hafnium, niobium, rhenium, gallium, indium, vanadium and germanium Legal text ↗

Not in the sources read: 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 →

Also named in the directory, with no production table for this country: Uranium (no open table read).

Gaps: Oil and natural gas reserves: not in the EIA bulk file (formerly Oil & Gas Journal figures). Energy Institute Statistical Review has them under its own licence; not read. Uranium: not in EIA international data. The OECD-NEA/IAEA 'Red Book' publishes it as a PDF report; not read.

Market access

Export restrictions it applies

SourcedOECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials (2024 data)Open the source → measures recorded on gold, platinum-group metals, silver, diamond (industrial), antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite / aluminium, boron, coal, cobalt, gallium, graphite, iron ore, phosphates, rare earths, silicon metal, tin, tungsten — listed under each resource above.

Sanctions that name it

  • EU · Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia Applies: asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, restrictions on admission, restrictions on equipment used for internal repression, telecommunications equipment. Amended 2026-06-15. EU Sanctions Map ↗
  • EU · Restrictive measures in view of Russia's destabilising activities Applies: asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, restrictions on admission. Amended 2026-06-15. EU Sanctions Map ↗
  • EU · Restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine (sectoral restrictive measures) Applies: arms export, arms import, dual-use goods export, financial measures, flights, airports, aircrafts, intellectual property rights, liquified natural gas, critical infrastructure, media ban, road transport, storage capacity, ports and vessels, prohibition to satisfy claims, restrictions on admission, restrictions on goods, aviation or the space industry, crude oil, cultural property, diamonds, firearms, their parts and essential components and ammunition, gold, iron and steel, luxury goods, maritime navigation, oil refining, other items, petrol products, restrictions for the export of dual-use and advanced technology items to entities, restrictions on services. Amended 2026-04-23. EU Sanctions Map ↗
  • US · Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions OFAC ↗
  • US · Ukraine-/Russia-related Sanctions OFAC ↗

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 silicon metal

The other leading countries by production, ferrosilicon, 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. Brazil 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. Norway 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. Kazakhstan 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. Malaysia 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 platinum-group metals

The other leading countries by mine production, palladium, 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. South Africa 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. Canada 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. Zimbabwe 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. 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 →

Peers on diamond (industrial)

The other leading countries by mine 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. 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 →
  2. Botswana 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. Zimbabwe 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. South Africa 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. Angola 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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