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Commodity Statistics and Information

By National Minerals Information Center

Production statistics and trade analyses by commodity

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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.

Key Publications

Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

MCS Data Visualization

MCS Data Visualization

Mineral Industry Surveys

Mineral Industry Surveys

Minerals Yearbook

Minerals Yearbook

Commodity Landing Pages

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*Mineral commodities that are on the 2025 Critical Minerals List are followed by an asterisk.

 

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Image shows a sample of augelite and quartz on a black background.
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Augelite and quartz. Augelite is an aluminum phosphate mineral, primarily prized for collecting rather than as a source for its industrial mineral components.
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Full view of Bauxite sample
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A sample of bauxite (aluminum ore) from Les Baux, France. Aluminum is one of the most used metals on the planet, finding roles in transportation, construction, packaging, electronics, and other consumer goods.
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A cracked piece of rocky crist from the seafloor that reveals the differences between the outside of the crust and its inside
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Partially weathered hydrothermal chimney, composed mostly of barite (BaSO4). Sample from the Pacific Ocean seafloor off the coast of northern California.
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close up of image
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Copper oxide.
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High-resolution image of a copper ingot from the USGS mineral collection.
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Copper ingot.
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Image shows a sample of gold against a black background
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Native gold. Most of the gold that is fabricated today goes into the manufacture of jewelry, but it also performs critical functions in computers, communications equipment, spacecraft, jet aircraft engines, and a host of other products. Sample is 3.5cm in length.
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These rare-earth oxides are used as tracers to determine which parts of a watershed are eroding. Clockwise from top center: praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium, and gadolinium.
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Image: Rare Platinum Nugget
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Rare platinum nugget. Platinum-group elements (platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium) are essential for manufacturing computers, TVs, cell phones, and other portable electronic devices. They are found in hard drives, circuitry, and automobiles.  
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Close up of Silicon Carbide
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Silicon carbide, an abrasive.
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Color photograph of yellow native sulfur crystals
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Native sulfur crystals that formed within fumaroles at the Sulphur Banks in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.
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USGS mineral specimen of silver ore.
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Silver ore.
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Tungsten
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Tungsten, a critical mineral.

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