Global Resource Map – Location, Production, and Supply-Chain Connections
- 0–1%
- 1%–5%
- 5%–10%
- 10%–25%
- ≥ 25%
- Withheld, none or n/a
- Not listed
- 289 producer sites (USGS), at the facility or its town
- Province only
Share of the world total, 23,000 kt (thousand tonnes).
East Africa · ZM
Zambia
Copper 940 kt (USGS estimate) · 4.1% of world
Role in the chains: extraction
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.
Copper 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.) · 4.1% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, 2025
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mine production2025 · thousand tonnes | Source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) (2025)SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source → | 2024: 823 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 14 countries listed individually.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 tonnes | Source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) (2025)SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source → | 2024: 189 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 17 countries listed individually.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 tonnes | Source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) (2025)SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source → | Year before: — | World: Among 14 countries listed individually.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
- Chibuluma Mines Plc [Metorex Ltd.(Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd., 100%), 85%, and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM–IH), 15%] — ore and concentrate, Chibuluma South Mine, about 12 km west of Kitwe, Copperbelt Province capacity 600,000 ore, which yields about 19,000 copper in concentrate metric tons
- CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines Plc [NFC Africa Mining Plc, 80%, and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM–IH), 20%] — ore and concentrate, Baluba Center underground mine,2 Luanshya, Copperbelt Province capacity 1,500,000 ore metric tons
- CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines Plc [NFC Africa Mining Plc, 80%, and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM–IH), 20%] — ore and concentrate, Luanshya North Mine, Luanshya, Copperbelt Province capacity 4,500,000 ore metric tons
- CNMC Luanshya Copper Mines Plc [NFC Africa Mining Plc, 80%, and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM–IH), 20%] — ore and concentrate, Luanshya slag recovery from tailings, Luanshya, Copperbelt Province capacity 500,000 slag, which yeilds 3,500 copper in concentrate metric tons
- Kalumbila Minerals Ltd. (First Quantum Minerals Ltd, 100%) — ore and concentrate, Sentinel Mine, Northwestern Province capacity 57,000,000 ore metric tons
- Kansanshi Mining Plc [First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 80%, and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM–IH), 20%] — ore and concentrate, Kansanshi Mine, north of Solwezi, Northwestern Province capacity 14,000,000 sulfide ore, 8,800,000 oxide ore, 8,600,000 mixed ore metric tons
USGS Minerals Yearbook 2020-21, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table 2), 27 more rows. Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗
Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)
- Licensing requirement on ore since 2015-08-13 Stated purpose: monitoring / control of export activity Legal text ↗
- Licensing requirement on intermediate, metal, scrap since 2015-08-13 Stated purpose: monitoring / control of export activity Legal text ↗
- Export tax 10% on ore since 2022-01-01 Stated purpose: promote further processing / value added Legal text ↗
- All 7 measures →
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 and Refinery Production and Reserves (Data in thousand metric tons, copper content). Source ↗ World ranking →
Hydropower 33rd (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 0.4% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2024
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production2024 · terawatt-hours | Source: EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 (2024)SourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2024Open the source → | 2023: 17.091 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 153 countries listed individually.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 →
Coal 42nd (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
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production2024 · thousand tonnes | Source: EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 (2024)SourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2024Open the source → | 2023: 2,090.644 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 66 countries listed individually.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 tons | Source: EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 (2023)SourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2023Open the source → | Year before: — | World: Among 86 countries listed individually.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 →
Also named in the directory, with no production table for this country: Cobalt.
Market access
Export restrictions it applies
Source: OECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials (2024 data)SourcedOECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials (2024 data)Open the source → measures recorded on antimony, bauxite / aluminium, cobalt, copper, gallium, gold, nickel, platinum-group metals, silver, tin, tungsten — 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 copper
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 →.
- 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 →
- 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 →
- Peru 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →