Elena Safirova
Country specialists collect and analyze information on production, trade, and consumption of minerals throughout the world.
Science and Products
Analysis of the potential effects of Uzbekistan’s mineral endowment on the critical mineral supply of tungsten Analysis of the potential effects of Uzbekistan’s mineral endowment on the critical mineral supply of tungsten
Tungsten appears on the 2018 and 2022 U.S. Geological Survey critical mineral lists in part because of a very high global production concentration in China, which produces almost 83 percent of the world’s mined tungsten. Using known parameters and values from other tungsten mining operations, we created hypothetical scenarios in which three tungsten deposits in Uzbekistan are considered...
Authors
Elena Safirova, Yelena Golovko, Nafisa Dulabova
Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports — International — Europe and central Eurasia Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports — International — Europe and central Eurasia
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Yearbook discusses the performance of the worldwide minerals and materials industries and provides background information to assist in interpreting that performance. Content of the individual Minerals Yearbook volumes follows:Volume I, Metals and Minerals, contains chapters about virtually all metallic and industrial mineral commodities...
Authors
U.S. Geological Survey
Mineral statistics for Europe and central Eurasia
Mineral statistics for Europe and central Eurasia
Global mineral statistics
Global mineral statistics
Science and Products
Analysis of the potential effects of Uzbekistan’s mineral endowment on the critical mineral supply of tungsten Analysis of the potential effects of Uzbekistan’s mineral endowment on the critical mineral supply of tungsten
Tungsten appears on the 2018 and 2022 U.S. Geological Survey critical mineral lists in part because of a very high global production concentration in China, which produces almost 83 percent of the world’s mined tungsten. Using known parameters and values from other tungsten mining operations, we created hypothetical scenarios in which three tungsten deposits in Uzbekistan are considered...
Authors
Elena Safirova, Yelena Golovko, Nafisa Dulabova
Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports — International — Europe and central Eurasia Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports — International — Europe and central Eurasia
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Yearbook discusses the performance of the worldwide minerals and materials industries and provides background information to assist in interpreting that performance. Content of the individual Minerals Yearbook volumes follows:Volume I, Metals and Minerals, contains chapters about virtually all metallic and industrial mineral commodities...
Authors
U.S. Geological Survey
Mineral statistics for Europe and central Eurasia
Mineral statistics for Europe and central Eurasia
Global mineral statistics