Country profile
China
For China, Rare Context holds 20 assets and rights in 2 classes and figures on mine production and reserves. It is the largest producer of antimony, fluorspar, graphite (natural) and 17 more commodities among the countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for China.
- Data centers5 · 731 MW
- Carbon projects15
Mine production and reserves
53 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where China ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony, antimony content | 40,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 15 | 830,000 t | #1 of 13 |
| Fluorspar | 6,000,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 12 | 110,000,000 t | #1 of 9 |
| Graphite (natural) | 1,400,000 t/year +10% | #1 of 18 | 100,000,000 t | #1 of 15 |
| Molybdenum, molybdenum content | 97,000 t/year −3% | #1 of 15 | 7,800,000 t | #1 of 15 |
| Rare earths, rare-earth-oxide (REO) equivalent | 270,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 12 | 44,000,000 t | #1 of 11 |
| Tungsten, tungsten content | 67,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 11 | 2,500,000 t | #1 of 8 |
| Lead, lead content | 1,900,000 t/year −2% | #1 of 12 | 22,000,000 t | #2 of 11 |
| Mica (natural), scrap and flake | 85,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 10 | 1,100,000 t | #2 of 3 |
| Phosphate rock, marketable phosphate rock | 110,000,000 t/year +5% | #1 of 24 | 3,400,000,000 t | #2 of 24 |
| Tin, tin content | 71,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 14 | 1,200,000 t | #2 of 10 |
43 more commodities
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium mineral concentrates, ilmenite | 3,200,000 t/year +5% | #1 of 11 | 110,000,000 t | #2 of 9 |
| Vanadium, vanadium content | 82,000 t/year −2% | #1 of 4 | 5,800 t | #2 of 6 |
| Zinc, zinc content | 4,100,000 t/year +3% | #1 of 10 | 60,000,000 t | #2 of 9 |
| Magnesium compounds, magnesium oxide (MgO) content | 12,700,000 t/year −2% | #1 of 12 | 700,000,000 t | #3 of 12 |
| Perlite | 1,500,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 14 | 32,000,000 t | #3 of 5 |
| Gold, gold content | 380 t/year +1% | #1 of 13 | 3,200 t | #5 of 13 |
| Mercury, mercury content | 200 t/year 0% | #1 of 5 | — | — |
| Salt | 56,000,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 23 | — | — |
| Talc and pyrophyllite, unspecified minerals | 1,300,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 2 | 60,000,000 t | only one listed |
| Wollastonite | 600,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 4 | — | — |
| Barite | 2,200,000 t/year +5% | #2 of 10 | 120,000,000 t | #1 of 6 |
| Garnet (industrial) | 280,000 t/year +12% | #2 of 6 | 37,000,000 t | #1 of 4 |
| Lithium, lithium content | 62,000 t/year +50% | #2 of 9 | 4,600,000 t | #3 of 10 |
| Asbestos | 250,000 t/year 0% | #2 of 4 | 7,100,000 t | #4 of 4 |
| Rhenium, rhenium content | 20 t/year 0% | #2 of 8 | 200 t | #4 of 6 |
| Clays, kaolin | 7,800,000 t/year 0% | #2 of 10 | — | — |
| Sand and gravel (industrial) | 92,000,000 t/year +1% | #2 of 20 | — | — |
| Strontium, strontium content | 80,000 t/year 0% | #3 of 5 | 12,000,000 t | #1 of 2 |
| Silver, silver content | 3,400 t/year −1% | #3 of 14 | 67,000 t | #4 of 12 |
| Potash, K2O equivalent | 6,300,000 t/year 0% | #3 of 12 | 200,000,000 t | #6 of 10 |
| Bauxite, dry weight | 87,000,000 t/year +8% | #3 of 13 | 710,000,000 t | #7 of 13 |
| Beryllium, beryllium content | 77 t/year −1% | #3 of 7 | — | — |
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite | 3,700,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 11 | 730,000,000 t | #1 of 6 |
| Gypsum | 12,000,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 19 | 1,800,000,000 t | #1 of 9 |
| Vermiculite | 40,000 t/year +3% | #4 of 11 | 2,900,000 t | #5 of 6 |
| Iron ore, iron content | 180,000,000 t/year −2% | #4 of 17 | 3,000,000,000 t | #6 of 17 |
| Copper, copper content | 1,800,000 t/year −2% | #4 of 14 | 41,000,000 t | #8 of 14 |
| Clays, bentonite | 2,100,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 11 | — | — |
| Iron ore, usable ore | 290,000,000 t/year −1% | #4 of 17 | — | — |
| Zeolites (natural) | 150,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 13 | — | — |
| Zirconium, gross weight | 100,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 9 | — | — |
| Tantalum, tantalum content | 80 t/year +5% | #5 of 11 | 240,000 t | #1 of 4 |
| Diatomite | 140,000 t/year 0% | #5 of 13 | 120,000,000 t | #2 of 5 |
| Niobium (columbium), niobium content | 40 t/year −9% | #6 of 6 | 6,500,000 t | #2 of 5 |
| Nickel, nickel content | 120,000 t/year +4% | #6 of 9 | 4,400,000 t | #7 of 9 |
| Manganese, gross weight | 700,000 t/year +1% | #7 of 8 | 260,000,000 t | #4 of 7 |
| Cobalt, cobalt content | 2,000 t/year 0% | #9 of 12 | 160,000 t | #8 of 12 |
| Mica (natural), sheet | — | — | 75,000 t | #2 of 2 |
| Bromine, bromine content | — | — | 130,000 t | #3 of 3 |
| Iron ore, crude ore | — | — | 17,000,000,000 t | #4 of 17 |
| Zirconium, ZrO2 content | — | — | 500,000 t | #7 of 9 |
| Boron, boric oxide equivalent | — | — | 9,100,000 t | only one listed |
| Kyanite and related minerals, andalusite, crude ore | 50,000 t/year 0% | only one listed | 5,000,000 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 China
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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, CC0 1.0.