Country profile
Brazil
For Brazil, Rare Context holds 20 assets and rights in 2 classes and figures on mine production and reserves. It is the largest producer of niobium (columbium) among the countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for Brazil.
- Carbon projects19 · 11,082,820 tCO2e
- Processing plants1
Mine production and reserves
29 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where Brazil ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niobium (columbium), niobium content | 104,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 6 | 14,000,000 t | #1 of 5 |
| Iron ore, iron content | 260,000,000 t/year −3% | #2 of 17 | 15,000,000,000 t | #2 of 17 |
| Magnesium compounds, magnesium oxide (MgO) content | 1,800,000 t/year −3% | #2 of 12 | 200,000,000 t | #6 of 12 |
| Beryllium, beryllium content | 80 t/year 0% | #2 of 7 | — | — |
| Iron ore, usable ore | 420,000,000 t/year −2% | #2 of 17 | — | — |
| Vermiculite | 50,000 t/year −6% | #3 of 11 | 6,600,000 t | #4 of 6 |
| Vanadium, vanadium content | 5,300 t/year +2% | #3 of 4 | 94 t | #5 of 6 |
| Graphite (natural) | 65,000 t/year +12% | #4 of 18 | 74,000,000 t | #2 of 15 |
| Asbestos | 150,000 t/year −10% | #4 of 4 | 11,000,000 t | #3 of 4 |
| Tantalum, tantalum content | 190 t/year −10% | #4 of 11 | 40,000 t | #3 of 4 |
19 more commodities
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tin, tin content | 28,000 t/year +1% | #4 of 14 | 700,000 t | #3 of 10 |
| Bauxite, dry weight | 33,000,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 13 | 1,700,000,000 t | #6 of 13 |
| Manganese, gross weight | 800,000 t/year +13% | #5 of 8 | 300,000,000 t | #3 of 7 |
| Chromium, chromium content | 2,000,000 t/year +43% | #5 of 7 | — | — |
| Lithium, lithium content | 12,000 t/year +18% | #6 of 9 | 540,000 t | #7 of 10 |
| Nickel, nickel content | 70,000 t/year +4% | #7 of 9 | 16,000,000 t | #3 of 9 |
| Fluorspar | 100,000 t/year +18% | #7 of 12 | 2,500,000 t | #9 of 9 |
| Gypsum | 5,800,000 t/year 0% | #8 of 19 | 450,000,000 t | #5 of 9 |
| Phosphate rock, marketable phosphate rock | 5,000,000 t/year −6% | #8 of 24 | 1,600,000,000 t | #7 of 24 |
| Rare earths, rare-earth-oxide (REO) equivalent | 2,000 t/year +257% | #9 of 12 | 21,000,000 t | #2 of 11 |
| Salt | 6,600,000 t/year 0% | #11 of 23 | — | — |
| Potash, K2O equivalent | 300,000 t/year −9% | #12 of 12 | 2,300,000 t | #10 of 10 |
| Gold, gold content | 80 t/year −2% | #13 of 13 | 2,500 t | #8 of 13 |
| Iron ore, crude ore | — | — | 34,000,000,000 t | #3 of 17 |
| Potash, recoverable ore | — | — | 10,000,000 t | #4 of 4 |
| Chromium, Cr2O3 content | — | — | 1,000,000 t | #7 of 8 |
| Chromium, ore | — | — | 3,900,000 t 2024 | #8 of 8 |
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite, beneficiated, marketable | 620,000 t/year 0% | only one listed | 150,000,000 t | only one listed |
| Talc and pyrophyllite, crude and beneficiated | 570,000 t/year −12% | only one listed | 48,000,000 t | only one listed |
World rank among the countries the USGS lists for each commodity, largest first. A percentage is the change on the year before.
Largest owners in Brazil
By number of assets and rights they own, operate or hold here. Grid operators and users are not counted.
Data on this page
- Berkeley Offsets Database. Berkeley Offsets Database, CC BY 4.0.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, CC0 1.0.