Country profile
South Korea
For South Korea, Rare Context holds 2 assets and rights in 1 class and figures on mine production and reserves. It is the largest producer of talc and pyrophyllite among the countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for South Korea.
Mine production and reserves
8 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where South Korea ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talc and pyrophyllite | 300,000 t/year −7% | #1 of 6 | 81,000,000 t | #2 of 3 |
| Zeolites (natural) | 160,000 t/year +14% | #3 of 13 | — | — |
| Mica (natural), scrap and flake | 15,000 t/year −29% | #5 of 10 | 12,000,000 t | #1 of 3 |
| Diatomite | 120,000 t/year 0% | #6 of 13 | 2,200,000 t | #5 of 5 |
| Rhenium, rhenium content | 3 t/year 0% | #6 of 8 | — | — |
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite | 1,000,000 t/year +1% | #7 of 11 | 200,000,000 t | #4 of 6 |
| Graphite (natural) | 500 t/year −50% | #15 of 18 | 1,800,000 t | #13 of 15 |
| Molybdenum, molybdenum content | 500 t/year +47% | #15 of 15 | 8,000 t | #14 of 15 |
World rank among the countries the USGS lists for each commodity, largest first. A percentage is the change on the year before.
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.