World Minerals Outlook—Cobalt, Gallium, Helium, Lithium, Magnesium, Palladium, Platinum, and Titanium Through 2029
Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5021
Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5021
Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025
The Development of China's Monopoly Over Cobalt Battery Materials
Compilation of Geospatial Data (GIS) for the Mineral Industries and Related Infrastructure of the People's Republic of China
China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and artisanal cobalt mining from 2000 through 2020
Embedded Critical Material Flow: The Case of Niobium, the United States, and China
Global Tellurium Supply Potential from Electrolytic Copper Refining
Investigation of U.S. Foreign Reliance on Critical Minerals
National Minerals Information Center
Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.
Statistical Periodicals
Statistical Periodicals
On-line statistical and economic publications designed to provide timely statistical data on production, distribution, stocks, and consumption of significant mineral commodities.
Materials Flow
Materials Flow
Understanding the whole system of materials flow, from source to ultimate disposition, can help us better manage the use of natural resources and protect the environment, and ensure a supply of critical minerals.
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News
Who Collects the Nation’s Mineral Statistics? Meet the National Minerals Information Center
Who Collects the Nation’s Mineral Statistics? Meet the National Minerals Information Center
USGS: Value of U.S. mineral production edged up in 2024
USGS: Value of U.S. mineral production edged up in 2024
USGS Releases Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024, finds US Mineral Production Jumped 4 billion to exceed 105 billion dollars
USGS Releases Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024, finds US Mineral Production Jumped 4 billion to exceed 105 billion dollars
Publications
World minerals outlook—Cobalt, gallium, helium, lithium, magnesium, palladium, platinum, and titanium through 2029
Given the rapid expansion in the demand for mineral commodities that underpin worldwide economic growth and technological advancement, information regarding expected country-level mine production and production capacity is becoming increasingly important to industry stakeholders, end users, and policymakers. Production capacity can limit future supply, depending on how rapidly that...
Mineral commodity summaries 2025
Introduction Each mineral commodity chapter of the 2025 edition of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summaries (MCS) includes information on events, trends, and issues for each mineral commodity as well as discussions and tabular presentations on domestic industry structure, Government programs, tariffs, 5-year salient statistics, and world production, reserves, and...
From exploration to production: Understanding the development dynamics of lithium mining projects
Recently, there has been considerable recent controversy whether current and new lithium mines will be able to supply the rapidly growing needs of the electromobility transition. Mineral exploration projects are typically active for many years, and only some become operational mines. From exploration to production, the projects go through several stages of characterisation and evaluation...
Science
What are Critical Minerals?
Critical minerals are essential to the economy and national security of the Nation and have supply chains that are vulnerable to disruption. The USGS leads the government in developing the List of Critical Minerals and provides crucial and rich information about critical mineral availability, supply chains, and economic impacts. The USGS uses a cross-sectoral and data-driven approach to developing...
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